Martin Patrick Durkin (March 18, 1894 – November 13, 1955) was a U.S. administrator

Administrator of the Government

An Administrator in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a Governor or a Governor-General...

. 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" cabinet.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Washington D.C.

External links

• Department of Labor biography
• Department of Labor history of Eisenhower years