Dudley Field Malone (June 3, 1882 â€" October 5, 1950) was an American
attorney, politician, liberal activist, and actor. Malone is best
remembered as one of the most prominent liberal attorneys in the
United States during the decade of the 1920s and for his unsuccessful
1920 campaign for Governor of New York.Malone was born on the West
Side of Manhattan on June 3, 1882. He was the son of William C. Malone
of New York City, a Tammany Hall Democratic official, and Rose (née
McKenny) Malone. He graduated from the College of St. Francis Xavier
in 1903 and studied law at Fordham Law School, where he graduated in
1905.After being admitted to the bar in 1907, he began practicing law
and became active in the Democratic Party in New York, specifically in
the reform faction opposed to the Tammany Hall organization. In 1912,
he helped organize Woodrow Wilson's successful primary and general
election campaign for US president.When Wilson took office in 1913, he
rewarded Malone by appointing him Third Assistant Secretary of State.
Later in 1913, Wilson appointed him Collector of the Port of New York,
an important patronage position. As Collector, Malone resisted all
efforts by Tammany to use the Collector's office for patronage. He
served as Collector until 1917, when he resigned and was succeeded by
Byron R. Newton, the former publicity director of Wilson's
presidential campaign.
attorney, politician, liberal activist, and actor. Malone is best
remembered as one of the most prominent liberal attorneys in the
United States during the decade of the 1920s and for his unsuccessful
1920 campaign for Governor of New York.Malone was born on the West
Side of Manhattan on June 3, 1882. He was the son of William C. Malone
of New York City, a Tammany Hall Democratic official, and Rose (née
McKenny) Malone. He graduated from the College of St. Francis Xavier
in 1903 and studied law at Fordham Law School, where he graduated in
1905.After being admitted to the bar in 1907, he began practicing law
and became active in the Democratic Party in New York, specifically in
the reform faction opposed to the Tammany Hall organization. In 1912,
he helped organize Woodrow Wilson's successful primary and general
election campaign for US president.When Wilson took office in 1913, he
rewarded Malone by appointing him Third Assistant Secretary of State.
Later in 1913, Wilson appointed him Collector of the Port of New York,
an important patronage position. As Collector, Malone resisted all
efforts by Tammany to use the Collector's office for patronage. He
served as Collector until 1917, when he resigned and was succeeded by
Byron R. Newton, the former publicity director of Wilson's
presidential campaign.
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