Peirson M. Hall papaers 1908-1979

Library of Congress

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The Library of Congress was established by an act of Congress in 1800 when President John Adams signed a bill providing for the transfer of the seat of government from Philadelphia to the new capital city of Washington. The legislation described a reference library for Congress only, containing "such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress - and for putting up a suitable apartment for containing them therein…" The original library was housed in the Washington, DC until August 1814, ...

United States. Department of Justice

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, and is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration, and administers several federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigat...

United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971

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Hugo LaFayette Black (1886-1971) was a judge for the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 12, 1937; confirmed by the Senate on August 17, 1937; and received his commission on August 18, 1937. He assumed senior status on September 17, 1971, but his service was terminated soon thereafter, with his death on September 25, 1971. ...

Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969

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Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 to 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, both landmark pieces of legislation during the Civil Rights Movement. He...

Pine, David A.

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Lavine, Richard Allen, 1917-

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Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018

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Lawyer and former United State Senator from Maryland. From the description of Joseph D. Tydings papers, 1930-1986 (bulk 1964-1970). (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22233155 Joseph Davies Tydings was born on May 4, 1928, in Asheville, North Carolina, to Thomas Cheeseborough and Eleanor Davies Cheeseborough. At the age of six, his mother divorced Cheeseborough; she later married Millard Tydings of Havre de Grace, Maryland, who adopted her s...

Engle, Clair, 1911-1964

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Clair Engle was a California politician who served six terms in the House of Representative and one term in the Senate. He died near the end of his first term as Senator in 1965. From the description of Clair Engle campaign material, 1957-1958. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 76941187 ...

Carusi, Ugo, 1902-

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Winters, Glenn R.

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Saturday evening post.

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Haskins and Sells

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Chambers, Richard H.

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Browning, James R.

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Zirpoli, Alfonso J.

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Neblett, William Haynie, 1889-

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United States. Constitution. 1st-10th Amendments.

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Swinford, Mac

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California. Superior Courts.

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Hall, Peirson M. (Peirson Mitchell), 1894-1979

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Biographical Note Peirson Mitchell Hall was an American judge based in Los Angeles, California. He was born on July 31, 1894, in Armour, South Dakota. Before moving to Los Angeles in 1912, Hall and his mother lived in various places in Nebraska. To pursue a career in law, Hall enrolled in the University of Southern California night Law School and was admitted to the California Bar in 1916. He was in private practice from 1916 to 1924. In 1925...

United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit). Uniform Air Crash Legislation Committee

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McDermott, John T.

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Murrah, Alfred P. (Alfred Paul), 1904-1975

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Shafroth, Will, b. 1894

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Boldt, George H. (George Hugo), 1903-1984

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U.S. District Court judge for Western Washington; assignments with 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco and served as trial judge in many parts of the U.S. From the description of Papers, [18--]-[19--]. (Washington State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70978979 George H. Boldt was born on December 28, 1903, in Chicago. Boldt came to Montana as a child, graduating from Stevensville High School in 1921. He received his A.B. from the University of...

Lipscomb, Glenard Paul, 1915-1970

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Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977

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Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (b. June 12, 1897-d. Jan. 14, 1977), British Foreign Secretary from 1935 to 1955 and British Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. From the description of Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581894 ...

Ingebretsen, James C.

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The child of a Norwegian-immigrant father, James Ingebretsen was born on November 21, 1906, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father, a lapsed convert to Mormonism, practiced law in Utah. The Ingebretsen family enjoyed considerable affluence and James benefited from this. In the late 1920s, he attended Stanford University and graduated magnum cum laude in 1930. During the Great Depression, he attended Stanford University Law School; then, practiced corporate law in Los Angeles. The Secon...

Kennelly, John J., 1915-

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Holifield, Chet 1903-

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Chester Earl Holifield was born in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, December 3, 1903; moved with his family to Springdale, Arkansas in 1912; attended the public schools; moved to Montebello, California in 1920 and engaged in the manufacture and selling of men's apparel, 1920-1943; chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central committee of the Fifty-first District 1934-1938; chairman of the California State Central committee of the Twelfth Congressional District 1938-1940; delegate to e...

Knight, Goodwin, 1896-1970

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Government official, governor; interviewees are married. From the description of Reminiscences of Goodwin J. Knight and Virginia Knight : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574582 Paul Mason was a leading expert on parliamentary procedure and the author of Mason's Manual. He was Governor Goodwin Knight's legislative secretary and served as Director of Motor Vehicles in his administration. He was, more importantly, Knight...

Turkish Airlines

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McAllister, William M.

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Civil Works Administration of California

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Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...

Los Angeles International Airport

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Hiestand, Edgar W.

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Holtzoff, Alexander, 1886-1969

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Holtzoff was a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General from 1924-1945. He was appointed U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia in 1945. Holtzoff served as secretary of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure of the U.S. Supreme Court in the mid-1940s. From the description of Papers, 1933-1968. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31179176 ...

Continental Airlines

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Cummings, Homer S. (Homer Stillé), 1870-1956

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United States Attorney General. From the description of Papers of Homer S. Cummings, 1886-1956. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48583233 Was U.S. Attorney General at the time of these letters. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1934-1936. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236165635 Attorney-General of the United States, 1933-1939. From the description of Papers of Homer S. ...

Roos, Bö

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Sheppard, Harry Richard, 1885-1969

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Speiser, Stuart M.

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Corman, James C. (James Charles), 1920-2000

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James Corman was born on October 20, 1920 in Galena, Kansas. At the age of eleven, he moved to Los Angeles with his widowed mother, who encouraged her son to obtain a sound education in political science (B.A., UCLA, 1942) and law (LL.B., USC, 1948). During World War Two, Corman served in the United States Marine Corps, seeing action in Guam and Iwo Jima where her earned a Bronze Star for heroism under fire. Returning to Los Angeles after the war, Corman married, studied law at USC ...

Cathcart, Daniel C.

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Kintner, Earl W.

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Earl W. Kintner (1912-1991) was born in Corydon, Indiana and attended DePauw University, followed by law school at Indiana University. He served in the Navy from 1944-1948, during which time he was appointed deputy U.S. Commissioner to the United Nations War Crimes Commission. Kintner then joined the staff of the Federal Trade Commission as a trial lawyer, eventually moving on to adviser and general counsel and finally becoming its chairman, a post he occupied from 1959-1961. He was...

Doyle, Clyde Gilman, 1887-1963

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Bennett, James V. (James Van Benschoten), 1894-1978

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James Van Benschoten Bennett (1894-1978) was a penologist and government official, who served as the Director to the Bureau of Prisons in the Department of Justice from 1937 to 1964. From the description of Bennett, James V. (James Van Benschoten), 1894-1978 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571478 Director of the United States Bureau of Prisons (1937-1964). From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1946-1959. (...

United States. Federal Civil Works Administration

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The Civil Works Administration was established by EO 6420-B, November 9, 1933, under authority of the National Industrial Recovery Act (48 Stat. 200), June 16, 1933, to provide relief work for unemployed persons through public work projects. Functioned simultaneously, and to some extent with the same personnel, with Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Liquidated March 1934, and functions and records transferred to the Emergency Relief Program of FERA. From the description...

Smith, H. Allen (Harry Allen), 1907-1976

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Harry Allen Smith was born December 19, 1907, in McLeansboro, Illinois, and in 1929 he began work with the United Press as a rewrite man. He was soon doing feature stories, and became well known for his unconventional interviews with celebrities and assorted personalities. He stayed five years with the United Press and then worked five years with the New York World-Telegram, doing much the same thing. His book "Lo, The Former Egyptian" gave a humor-based account of his return to the region in th...

Tompkins, George N.

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McDonough, Gordon L.

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Rifkind, Simon H. (Simon Hirsch), 1901-

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Lawyer. Rifkind was an alumnus of City College, Class of 1922. From the description of Memorabilia, [ca. 1947-1975] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155503633 ...

United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...

United States. Civil Aeronautics Board

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On November 3, 1958 the six airlines filed an agreement with the Civil Aeronautics Board which provided for certain mutual assistance in the event of a strike against one of them. The carriers still operating would make monthly payments of the increased revenues (less added direct expense) to the carrier which was shut down. Formal objections to the agreement were filed by the International Association of Machinists, the Brotherhood of Hallway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and ...

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

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Federal judicial center

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Farrell, George E., 1917-

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Horn, Stephen, 1931-2011

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College president and legislative assistant. From the description of Periodic log maintained during the discussions concerning the passage of the civil rights act of 1964 : typescript, 1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456397 The log was kept while Horn served as legislative assistant to Senator Thomas Kuchel. From the description of Stephen Horn periodic log maintained during the discussions concerning the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 : typescrip...

United States. Federal Aviation Administration

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Legislative history of Public Law 89-670, which established the Department of Transportation. The department was set up to coordinate and manage transportation programs, provide leadership in the resolution of transportation problems, and develop national transportation policies and programs. The history documents the process from just prior to the introduction of the bill into the 89th Congress until after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law on October 15, 1966. From the ...

Wright, Lloyd, 1890-1978

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Lloyd Wright: b. 1890, Oak Park. Ill.; d. Santa Monica, Calif. 1978; architect and landscape architect. Son of Frank Lloyd Wright. From the description of Wayfarers' Chapel Fonds, 1937-1979. (Centre canadien d'architecture). WorldCat record id: 486957935 Lloyd Wright, eldest son of Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in 1890; trained as a draftsman/delineator in his father's Oak Park Studio; studied engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1908-9; joined Olmsted and Olmsted in Boston, MA; ...

Ryan, Sylvester J.

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Clary, Thomas J.

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Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961

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Sheridan Downey (b. Mar. 11, 1884, Laramie, Wyo.-d. Oct. 25, 1961, San Francisco, Calif.), lawyer, was a Democratic U.S. Senator from California from 1939 to 1950. From the description of Downey, Sheridan, 1884-1961 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574300 Biographical Sketch Sheridan Downey was born in Laramie, Wyoming in 1884, the son of Evangeline Victoria (Owen) and Stephen Wheeler Downey. H...

Margolis, Ben

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Elliott, Shelden D. (Shelden Douglass), 1906-1972

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Long, Edward V. (Edward Vaughn), 1908-1972

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William Morris Agency

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United States. Attorney (California : Southern District)

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Trautman, Donald Theodore

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Jones, Marvin, 1886-1976

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Jurist, legislator. From the description of Reminiscences of Marvin Jones : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739533 Attorney, U.S. Congressman, presidential adviser and federal judge. Born in 1886 near Valley Veiw, Texas. Graduated from Southwestern University (1905), obtained his law degree from the University of Texas (1907), began practicing law in Amarillo, Texas (1908), served in Congress for twelve t...

Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...

West Publishing Company.

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Hauk, A. Andrew, 1912-2004

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Jann, Edmund C.

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United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)

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Nilsson, George W., 1890-

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George W. Nilsson was born to Abel and Augusta (Augensen) Nilsson in Chicago, Illinois May 4, 1890. His education included Northwestern University Law School, receiving his L.L.B. in 1915; simultaneously receiving admission to the Illinois Bar and to the Arizona Bar. He practiced law in Prescott, Arizona from 1915-1924, marrying Ruth Payne in 1919. He was admitted to U.S. Supreme Court in 1923 and moved to Los Angeles in 1924 where he practiced general law specializing in oil, gas and mining. He...

Wright, Charles Alan

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United States. District Court (California : Central District)

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Danielson, George E.

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United States. District Court (California : Southern District)

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United States. Agricultural Adjustment Act 1933

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Perl, Raphael

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Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell), 1903-

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Political leader. From the description of Reminiscences of Edwin Wendell Pauley : transcript, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726158 Edwin Wendell Pauley was born in 1903 to Elbert L. Pauley and Ellen Van Petten. He received his Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley in 1923 and soon thereafter began a successful career as an oilman. In 1940 Pauley served as a member of the University...

Hidalgo, Edward, 1912-1995

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Kreindler, Lee S.

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Powers, Harold J.

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Stephens, Albert Lee, Jr.

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Cole, James L., 1916-1978

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Mississippi Law Institute

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Phillips, John J., 1887-1983

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Mulholland, William, 1855-1935

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Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), 1901-

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Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977

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Tom C. Clark (b. September 23, 1899) was the Attorney General of the United States from 1945 to 1949, and Associated Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967. Clark died on June 13, 1977. From the description of Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10569044 Tom C. Clark served as Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1949 to 1967, and was the first Texan to serve on the Court. Born in Dallas,...

California. District Courts of Appeal

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Administrative History The Courts of Appeal were established by constitutional amendment in 1904 (Article VI, SCA 2). They are California's intermediate courts of review and have jurisdiction when superior courts have jurisdiction and in certain other cases prescribed by statute. They exercise mandatory review of any appealable order or judgment from a superior court, except in cases in which the death penalty is imposed, over which the Supre...

Latham, Dana

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Goldie, L.F.E. (Louis F.E.)

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Hillings, Patrick J., 1923-1994

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Friedman, Paul D.

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Mosk, Stanley, 1912-2001

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Becker, William H. (William Henry), 1909-1992

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Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982

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Charles Norris Poulson was born on July 23, 1895; attended Oregon Agricultural College, 1914-15; farmed 1916-23; moved to Los Angeles in 1923; attended Southwestern Univ., 1923-25; began his own accounting business about 1925, passing the CA CPA examination in 1933; was elected and served in the CA State Assembly (1938-42); first elected to the House of Representatives in 1942; served as mayor of LA (1953-61); served as a member of the CA Water Commission (1965-68); he died on Sept. 25, 1982. ...

Loyola Law School (Loyola Marymount University)

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Burdick, Quentin N. (Quentin Northrup), 1908-1992

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Source: Quentin N. Burdick, Late a Senator from North Dakota: Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992. "Quentin Northrop Burdick was born in Munich, North Dakota on June 19, 1908. His parents were Usher L. Burdick and the former Emma C. Robertson of Park River. The family moved to Williston when he was 2. Quentin Burdick enjoyed breaking wild ponies on his father's ranch in Williston. He was president of his class and captain of Wi...

United States. Selective Service System

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Huey Pierce Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield, La. He briefly attended the University of Oklahoma School of Law in Norman, Okla., and later Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, La. He practiced law in Winnfield and later in Shreveport, La. Long was a member of the Louisiana Railroad Commission (later the Louisiana Public Service Commission) (1918-1928), governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), and U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1932-1935). Charismatic and immensely popular for his s...

Longsdorf, George Foster

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Whitney, Courtney.

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Courtney Whitney (b. May 20, 1897, Washington, D.C.-d. Mar. 21, 1969), Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, enlisted in the D.C. National Guard and the Signal Corps, aviation section reserve in 1917 and 1918, was commissioned in the aviation section reserve in 1918, and received his law degree in 1923. He served on active duty in the Philippines, resigned in 1927, and practiced law until he returned to active duty in October 1940. He was assigned as assistant chief of the legal division, then ass...

United States. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

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