Richberg, Donald R. (Donald Randall), 1881-1960

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1881-07-10
Death 1960-11-27

Biographical notes:

Lawyer, author, and public official.

From the description of Papers of Donald R Richberg, 1900-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82285669

Biographical Note

1881, July 10 Born, Knoxville, Tenn. 1901 B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 1904 LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 1904 Admitted to Illinois bar 1904 1933 Law Firm, Richberg, Ickes and Richberg, Illinois 1912 Adviser to Theodore Roosevelt organizing Progressive Party 1913 1914 Director, Reference Bureau of the Progressive Party 1913 1915 Special assistant to state’s attorney, Illinois 1915 1927 Special counsel to city of Chicago, Ill., in gas litigation 1916 1919 Master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. 1922 1932 Counsel for Conference on Valuation of Railroads 1926 Chief author of Railway Labor Act 1926 1933 Counsel for Railway Labor Executives Association 1929 1933 Special assistant attorney general of Arizona 1930 Defended Railway Labor Act before United States Supreme Court 1932 Special adviser to Senate Judiciary Committee on drafting Morris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Bill 1932 Adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt during presidential campaign 1933 Adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in formulating National Industrial Recovery Act 1933 1935 General counsel and later director of National Recovery Administration 1935 1936 Special assistant to attorney general 1936 1960 Member, law firm of Davies, Richberg, Tydings, Beebe and Landa, Washington, D.C. 1960, Nov. 27 Died, Charlottesville, Va.

From the guide to the Donald R. Richberg Papers, 1900-1960, (bulk 1953-1958), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • American literature
  • Authors, American
  • Conservatism
  • Depressions
  • Industrial policy
  • Industrial relations
  • Labor laws and legislation
  • Labor movement
  • Labor unions
  • Lawyers
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Practice of law
  • Presidents
  • Progressivism (United States politics)
  • Public utilities
  • Public welfare
  • Railroads
  • Railroads
  • Working class

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Lawyers
  • Public officials

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Chicago (Ill.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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