Josiah Marvel Jr.

Josiah Marvel Jr.
Josiah Marvel Jr.
chief of the United States' diplomatic mission in Denmark
	In office; 1946–1949
Secretary of State for Delaware
	In office; 1938–1941
Personal details
Spouse	Gwladys Crosby Hopkins (after 1943)
Children	2
Occupation	Lawyer, diplomat, politician, soldier

Josiah Marvel Jr. was an American diplomat who served as chief of the United States' diplomatic mission in Denmark from 1946 to 1949, originally at the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and later as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. He was appointed by President Harry S. Truman.^[1]^[2]

Marvel graduated from Harvard Law School and was a lawyer, politician, and soldier. Marvel enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942 and was promoted to the rank of Captain in June 1944 after serving in the Aviation Intelligence Office in Washington DC.^[3] During World War II he served with the United States Army Air Force.

Marvel served as Delaware Secretary of State from 1938 to 1941. He ran for Governor of Delaware in 1940 as a Democrat, losing the election to Republican Walter W. Bacon.^[4] It was announced in February 1943 that he and Gladys Hopkins Whitney were to be married, Whitney had been previously married to Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and had full custody of their daughter.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Former Chiefs of Mission". U.S. Embassy in Denmark. United States Department of State. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
^ Holm, Michael (2016). The Marshall Plan: A New Deal For Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 75. ISBN 978-1317426059.
^ "4 State Officers Win Promotions". Wilmington Morning News. June 19, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ "Josiah Marvel Jr, Plans to Join the US Armed Services". The News Journal. September 9, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ "Socialite to Wed Childhood Friend". Cumberland Evening Times. February 22, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
^ "GWLADYS WHITNEY WED IN DELAWARE; Simple Marriage for Former Wife of C. V. Whitney to Josiah Marvel Jr. ONLY RELATIVES PRESENT Couple is Unattended -- The Ceremony Held at Presbyterian Pastor's Greenville Home". The New York Times. February 23, 1943. p. 26. Retrieved February 12, 2024.

External links

Media related to Josiah Marvel, Jr. at Wikimedia Commons

Party political offices
Preceded by Richard McMullen	Democratic nominee for Governor of Delaware 1940	Succeeded by Isaac J. MacCollum

[1] "Former Chiefs of Mission". U.S. Embassy in Denmark. United States Department of State. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

[2] Holm, Michael (2016). The Marshall Plan: A New Deal For Europe. Taylor & Francis. p. 75. ISBN 978-1317426059.

[3] "4 State Officers Win Promotions". Wilmington Morning News. June 19, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[4] "Josiah Marvel Jr, Plans to Join the US Armed Services". The News Journal. September 9, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[5] "Socialite to Wed Childhood Friend". Cumberland Evening Times. February 22, 1943. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2024.

[6] "GWLADYS WHITNEY WED IN DELAWARE; Simple Marriage for Former Wife of C. V. Whitney to Josiah Marvel Jr. ONLY RELATIVES PRESENT Couple is Unattended -- The Ceremony Held at Presbyterian Pastor's Greenville Home". The New York Times. February 23, 1943. p. 26. Retrieved February 12, 2024.

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v t e United States Ambassadors to Denmark
Chargé d'Affaires	Wheaton Woodside Jackson Irwin Flenniken Forward Ogle Grieve Bedinger
Minister Resident	Bedinger Buchanan Wood Yeaman Andrews Cramer Payson (chargé d'affaires) Wickersham Hoffman R. Anderson Enander Carr
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Carr Risley Swenson O'Brien Egan Hapgood Grew Prince Dodge Booth Coleman Owen Owsley Atherton Davis Marvel
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Marvel E. Anderson Coe Peterson Blair White Duke Dudley Russell Crowe Dean Manshel Loeb Todman Brown Stone Elson Swett Bernstein Cain Fulton Gifford Sands Leventhal