Martin Patrick Durkin

For the television director of the same name, see Martin Durkin (television director).

Martin P. Durkin
The official portrait of Martin P. Durkin hangs in the Department of Labor

7th United States Secretary of Labor
In office January 21, 1953 – September 10, 1953
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Maurice J. Tobin
Succeeded by	James P. Mitchell
Personal details
Born	(1894-03-18)March 18, 1894 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	November 13, 1955(1955-11-13) (aged 61) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Anna McNicholas Durkin
Children	Martin Patrick Durkin, Jr. William Joseph Durkin John Francis Durkin
Religion	Roman Catholic

Martin Patrick Durkin (March 18, 1894 – November 13, 1955) was a U.S. administrator. He served as Secretary of Labor from January 21, 1953 to September 10, 1953, where he was the "plumber" of President Dwight Eisenhower's "Nine Millionaires and a Plumber"^[1] cabinet.

Biography

Durkin was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 18, 1894, the son of James J. Durkin and Mary Catherine (née Higgins). At the age of 17, Durkin became involved in the plumber's and pipe fitter's union.^[2] On August 29, 1921, Durkin married the former Anna H. McNicholas. They had three sons: Martin Patrick, Jr., William Joseph and John Francis Durkin. He eventually became president of that union, and then served as Director of Labor for the State of Illinois from 1933 to 1941. He worked closely with the President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins.

Durkin served as the Secretary of Labor during the Eisenhower administration. A Democrat among Republicans, he unsuccessfully pushed for his revisions in the Taft-Hartley Act. This led to his resignation after less than eight months in office, the shortest tenure of any Secretary of Labor.^[2]

He died in Washington D.C., from complications of cancer surgery. He was interred in St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Evergreen Park, Illinois.^[3]

References

↑ Jonathan Martin (2008-11-23). "Whither the Cabinet Republicans?". Politico.
1 2 https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/durkin.htm
↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Durkin&GSiman=1&GScid=107988&GRid=22904247&

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Political offices
Preceded by Maurice J. Tobin	U.S. Secretary of Labor Served under: Dwight D. Eisenhower January 21–September 10, 1953	Succeeded by James P. Mitchell

United States Secretaries of Labor

Secretaries of Commerce and Labor	Cortelyou Metcalf Straus Nagel

Secretaries of Labor	Wilson Davis Doak Perkins Schwellenbach Tobin Durkin Mitchell Goldberg Wirtz Shultz Hodgson Brennan Dunlop Usery Marshall Donovan Brock McLaughlin Dole Martin Reich Herman Chao Solis Perez

Cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–61)

Vice President	Richard M. Nixon (1953–61)

Secretary of State	John Foster Dulles (1953–59) Christian A. Herter (1959–61)

Secretary of the Treasury	George Magoffin Humphrey (1953–57) Robert B. Anderson (1957–61)

Secretary of Defense	Charles E. Wilson (1953–57) Neil H. McElroy (1957–59) Thomas S. Gates, Jr. (1959–61)

Attorney General	Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1953–57) William P. Rogers (1957–61)

Postmaster General	Arthur E. Summerfield (1953–61)

Secretary of the Interior	Douglas McKay (1953–56) Fred A. Seaton (1956–61)

Secretary of Agriculture	Ezra Taft Benson (1953–61)

Secretary of Commerce	Sinclair Weeks (1953–58) Lewis L. Strauss (1958–59) Frederick H. Mueller (1959–61)

Secretary of Labor	Martin P. Durkin (1953) James P. Mitchell (1953–61)

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare	Oveta Culp Hobby (1953–55) Marion B. Folsom (1955–58) Arthur S. Flemming (1958–61)

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Martin Patrick Durkin

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