Patrick J. Deluhery (born January 31, 1942) is an American academic and politician from Iowa.

He matriculated at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and graduated with honors in 1964 with a Bachelor of arts.

[1] Returning to Davenport, Deluhery was named a teacher in the Department of Economics and Business Administration at St. Ambrose University.

In 1969, Deluhery took a position as a legislative assistant to Senator Harold Hughes.

Deluhery remained as a legislative assistant to Hughes' successor John Culver for one year, then returned to St. Ambrose.