Patrick Cudahy Jr. (); March 17, 1849 – July 25, 1919) was an American industrialist in the meat packing business and a

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of the Cudahy family.

Biography

Cudahy was born on St. Patrick's Day in

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. A few months after he was born, his family emigrated to

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. He worked his way up at the Plankinton and Armour

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plant in the

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, becoming the superintendent in 1874. In 1888, the owner,

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, transferred the company to Patrick and his brother, John. The company became known as Cudahy Brothers. In 1892, Cudahy moved the company to a 700-acre (2.8 km²) plot of land south of

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which he and his brother John bought for the purpose. This land was in the former Town of Lake, which is now divided between the municipalities of Milwaukee, St. Francis, and Cudahy. Cudahy "had a bittersweet relationship with the village of Cudahy" in part because he supported

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and "fought against liquor". He "argued with the Cudahy Common Council about the spread of taverns in the village", although he also worked to assist business development and the construction of a new library. He said, "It is a source of satisfaction to me to look over those 25 years and see what has been accomplished, but I would feel much better if there were not the antagonistic spirit in Cudahy which seems to prevail to a great extent among its citizens."Patrick Cudahy and Michael F. Cudahy
WISCONSIN MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME University of Wisconsin-Madison Cudahy died in Milwaukee on July 25, 1919, and was interred in his family mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery.

Family

Patrick Cudahy Sr., father * Michael Cudahy (1841-1910), brother (president of Armour-Cudahy company, co-founder of

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(Omaha), and the city of

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* John Cudahy (1843-1915), brother (silent partner of Patrick Jr. in the meat packing plants, Milwaukee and Chicago; Louisville) * Patrick Cudahy Jr. (1849-1919), self ** Michael Francis Cudahy (1886-1970), son (President of Patrick Cudahy, Inc. from 1919 onwards) ** John Clarence Cudahy (1887-1943), son (lawyer, real estate broker, and U.S. ambassador to

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and

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) ** Helen Cudahy (1890/1-1917), daughter, committed suicide by leaping from a ship into the oceanAmerican Girl, Fearing U-boats, Kills Herself
, ''Reading Eagle'', October 27, 1917, p. 1. Retrieved July 26, 2015. * Edward Aloysius Cudahy Sr. (1860-1941), brother, co-founder Cudahy Packing Company (Omaha) ** Edward Aloysius Cudahy Jr. (1884-1961), nephew

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cudahy, Patrick 1849 births 1919 deaths People from Callan, County Kilkenny Businesspeople from Milwaukee Cudahy family Irish emigrants (before 1923) to the United States

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