From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Callan O’Laughlin
John Callan O’Laughlin
Political offices
Preceded by United States Assistant Secretary of State Succeeded by
Robert Bacon 1909 Huntington Wilson
John Callan O’Laughlin (January 11, 1873 – March 14, on the Republican National Committee. After World War
1949) was a journalist and long time publisher of the II, Hoover hoped to influence the European Recovery
Army and Navy Journal. He began his career as a journal- Program using O’Laughlin as his agent. These hopes went
ist writing for the Washington bureau of the New York largely unfulfilled as Marshall and Truman went their
Herald from 1893 to 1902. After a short stint on the AP own way in shaping post-war Europe.
European staff, O’Laughlin worked for the Chicago Tri- O’Laughlin died on March 14, 1949. He is buried in Ar-
bune and later the Chicago Herald until the outbreak of lington National Cemetery with his wife, Mabel Hudson
World War I. In January 1918 he was commissioned a O’Laughlin. An extensive collection of his papers is held
major in the United States Army, serving as aide to Ma- by the Library of Congress.
jor General George Washington Goethals. During these Persondata
years, O’Laughlin wrote his first book, From the Jungle
Name Olaughlin, John Callan
through Europe with Roosevelt. After the war, O’Laughlin es-
tablished the Army and Navy Journal, a weekly covering Alternative names
the American Military and world affairs. Short description
O’Laughlin’s political connections extended from Date of birth January 11, 1873
Theodore Roosevelt to Harry S. Truman and covered the
Place of birth
philosophical spectrum from Herbert Hoover to Eleanor
Roosevelt. He served as United States Assistant Secretary Date of death March 14, 1949
of State in the beginning of 1909, was a delegate at Roo- Place of death
sevelt’s Bull Moose convention in 1912 and later served
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