John Callan O'Laughlin

{{Short description|American journalist}}

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| caption = O'Laughlin (right) with Theodore Roosevelt

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|01|11}}

| birth_place = Washington, D.C.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|03|14|1873|01|11}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C.

| resting_place = Arlington National Cemetery

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| occupation = Journalist

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| office = United States Assistant Secretary of State

| term_start = January 28, 1909

| term_end = March 5, 1909

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John Callan O'Laughlin (January 11, 1873 – March 14, 1949) was a journalist and longtime publisher of the Army and Navy Journal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.trumanlibrary.org/hoover/olaughlin.htm|title=Hoover and Truman - John Callan O'Laughlin|website=www.trumanlibrary.org|access-date=2019-06-26}}

Biography

John Callan O'Laughlin was born in Washington, D.C., on January 11, 1873.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x-FHAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA1 |title=The Voter |chapter=Personalia: John Callan O'Laughlin |publisher=Voter Company |year=1917 |access-date=2021-10-12 |via=Google Books}}

He served as United States Assistant Secretary of State from January 28, 1909, to March 5, 1909.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zowAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA10 |title=Biographic Register of the Department of State |volume=1917 |publisher=United States Department of State |page=10 |year=1918 |access-date=2021-10-12 |via=Google Books}}

He died at Walter Reed General Hospital on March 14, 1949.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86991475/col-olaughlin-dead/ |title=Col. O'Laughlin Dead |newspaper=The Daily Republican |location=Washington, D.C. |agency=UP |page=6 |date=1949-03-15 |access-date=2021-10-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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