George W. Wickersham, the Glossary
George Woodward Wickersham (September 19, 1858 – January 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States in the administration of President William H. Taft.[1]
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40 relations: Alger Hiss, American Bar Association, Bachelor of Arts, Brookside Cemetery (Englewood, New Jersey), Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Cedarhurst, New York, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Cornelius W. Wickersham, Council on Foreign Relations, Cuba, Englewood, New Jersey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George L. P. Radcliffe, Hempstead, New York, Herbert Hoover, James Clark McReynolds, Lawrence, Nassau County, New York, Lieutenant general (United States), Louis Brandeis, Major general (United States), New York (state), New York Army National Guard, New York City, New York City Bar Association, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, President of the United States, Reading law, Republican Party (United States), Solicitor General of the United States, The Political Graveyard, United States Attorney General, University of Pennsylvania, Wickersham Commission, William H. Lewis, William Howard Taft, William L. Marbury Jr., Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson Supreme Court candidates, World War I.
- Presidents of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Taft administration cabinet members
Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
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American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.
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Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.
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Brookside Cemetery (Englewood, New Jersey)
Brookside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (known as Cadwalader) is a white-shoe law firm, and is New York City's oldest law firm and one of the oldest continuously operating legal practices in the United States.
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Cedarhurst, New York
Cedarhurst is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.
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Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851June 28, 1921) was an American lawyer and political activist for progressive and liberal causes. George W. Wickersham and Charles Joseph Bonaparte are United States Attorneys General.
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Cornelius W. Wickersham
Cornelius Wendell Wickersham (June 25, 1885 – January 31, 1968) was a decorated United States Army officer with the rank of Lieutenant general; a lawyer and an award-winning author of philatelic literature.
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Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an American think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
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Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
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George L. P. Radcliffe
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (August 22, 1877July 29, 1974) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate who represented Maryland from 1935 to 1947.
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Hempstead, New York
The Town of Hempstead is the largest of the three towns in Nassau County (alongside North Hempstead and Oyster Bay) on Long Island, in New York, United States.
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Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.
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James Clark McReynolds
James Clark McReynolds (February 3, 1862 – August 24, 1946) was an American lawyer and judge from Tennessee who served as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. George W. Wickersham and James Clark McReynolds are United States Attorneys General.
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Lawrence, Nassau County, New York
Lawrence is a village in Nassau County, New York, United States.
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Lieutenant general (United States)
In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
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Louis Brandeis
Louis Dembitz Brandeis (November 13, 1856 – October 5, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939.
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Major general (United States)
In the United States Armed Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.
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New York (state)
New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.
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New York Army National Guard
The New York Army National Guard is a component of the New York National Guard and the Army National Guard.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New York City Bar Association
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, commonly referred to as the New York City Bar Association (City Bar), founded in 1870, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Reading law
Reading law was the primary method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession before the advent of law schools.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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Solicitor General of the United States
The Solicitor General of the United States (USSG or SG), the fourth-highest-ranking official within the United States Department of Justice, represents the federal government in cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
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The Political Graveyard
The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information.
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United States Attorney General
The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. George W. Wickersham and United States Attorney General are United States Attorneys General.
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University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania, commonly referenced as Penn or UPenn, is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Wickersham Commission
The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement (also known unofficially as the Wickersham Commission) was a committee established by the U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, on May 20, 1929.
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William H. Lewis
William Henry Lewis (November 28, 1868 – January 1, 1949) was an African-American pioneer in athletics, law and politics.
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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices.
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William L. Marbury Jr.
William Luke Marbury Jr. (September 12, 1901 – March 5, 1988) was a prominent 20th-century American lawyer who practiced with his family's law firm of Marbury, Miller & Evans (later Piper & Marbury, Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, Piper Rudnick, now DLA Piper). He was known to be a childhood friend of alleged Soviet spy Alger Hiss.
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Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
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Woodrow Wilson Supreme Court candidates
Woodrow Wilson appointed three Associate Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, James Clark McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, and John Hessin Clarke.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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See also
Presidents of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Allen Dulles
- Bayless Manning
- Elihu Root
- George W. Wickersham
- Grayson L. Kirk
- Henry Wriston
- John W. Davis
- Leslie H. Gelb
- Michael Froman
- Norman Davis (diplomat)
- Peter Tarnoff
- Richard N. Haass
- Russell Cornell Leffingwell
- Winston Lord
Taft administration cabinet members
- Charles Nagel
- Frank Harris Hitchcock
- Franklin MacVeagh
- George W. Wickersham
- George von Lengerke Meyer
- Henry L. Stimson
- Jacob M. Dickinson
- James S. Sherman
- James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture)
- Philander C. Knox
- Richard A. Ballinger
- Walter L. Fisher
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Wickersham
Also known as George Wickersham, George Woodward Wickersham.