Simmons (David Andrew) Papers, 1861-1963

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

American Law Institute

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The American Law Institute (ALI) is a research and advocacy group of judges, lawyers, and legal scholars established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of United States common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. Members of ALI include law professors, practicing attorneys, judges and other professionals in the legal industry. ALI writes documents known as "treatises", which are summaries of state common law (legal principles that come out of state court decisions...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961

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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...

American bar association

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED In 1971 the American Bar Association formed a committee to prepare a study "...on the respective powers under the Constitution of the President and of the Congress to enter into and conduct war." The committee was chaired by Lyman M. Tondel, Jr. and the project was funded by the Association's Fund for Public Education which in turn contracted with Columbia University to carry out the study. The staff included Abraham D. Sofaer, Project Director and Adjunct Professor of Law at C...

American judicature society

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Texas Bar Association

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

Simmons, Elizabeth Daggett

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Selden Society

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The Selden Society was formed in 1887 by Members of the Bar and other interested persons 'to encourage the study and advance of the knowledge of the history of English law'. Its main function was to publish scholarly editions of legal texts of historical interest. From the guide to the Selden Society: Minutes, Correspondence and Papers, 1887-1996, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives) ...

United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Founding conference of the United Nations. From the description of United Nations Conference on International Organization proceedings, 1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868789 At this conference, held April 25, 1945 to June 25, 1945, delegates approved the Charter of the United Nations, the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and arrangements for the establishment of the United Nations Preparatory Commission. From the description of Records, 194...

Houston Bar Association

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Simmons, David Andrew, 1897-1951

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David Andrew Simmons (1897–1951) was a lawyer and president of the Texas and American Bar associations. He was admitted to the Texas bar in 1919 and in 1921 he married Elizabeth Daggett. Simmons has the distinction of being one of the youngest attorneys to appear before the United States Supreme Court, during a term he served as first assistant attorney general of Texas. Simmons also practiced law in Houston and served as assistant United States attorney. As president of...

Houston Chamber of Commerce

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Lions Club International.

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