George W. Wickersham
George W. Wickersham | |
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47th United States Attorney General | |
In office March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
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President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Charles J. Bonaparte |
Succeeded by | James C. McReynolds |
Personal details | |
Born | George Woodward Wickersham September 19, 1858 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York City, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Mildred Wendell Wickersham |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
George Woodward Wickersham (September 19, 1858 – January 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was the father of Cornelius Wendell Wickersham, US Army Brigadier General and Lawyer.
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Biography
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1883 Wickersham entered the old established law firm of Strong and Cadwalader, and became a partner four years later.
He held the office of Attorney General of the United States from 1909 to 1913, in the administration of President William Howard Taft. From 1914 to 1916, Wickersham served as president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Wickersham was named by Woodrow Wilson to serve on the War Trade Board to Cuba soon after the United States entered World War I. In 1929, Herbert Hoover named him to the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, the so- called Wickersham Commission.
Wickersham was President of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1933-1936.[1]
Wickersham died in New York City in 1936, and was interred in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.[2]
Legacy
Since 1996, the Friends of the Law Library of the Library of Congress have presented an annual award named for Wickersham.
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Preceded by | U.S. Attorney General Served under: William Howard Taft March 4, 1909–March 4, 1913 |
Succeeded by James C. McReynolds |
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- ↑ History of CFR - Council on Foreign Relations
- ↑ George Woodward Wickersham, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 22, 2007.
- Pages with reference errors
- 1858 births
- 1936 deaths
- United States Attorneys General
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- American lawyers
- Presidents of the New York City Bar Association
- Taft administration cabinet members
- New York Republicans
- Pennsylvania Republicans
- Burials at Brookside Cemetery (Englewood, New Jersey)