| 词条 | George W. Wickersham |
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|name = George Wickersham |image = George Woodward Wickersham cph.3b30281.jpg |office = 47th United States Attorney General |president = William Howard Taft |term_start = March 4, 1909 |term_end = March 4, 1913 |predecessor = Charles Bonaparte |successor = James McReynolds |birth_name = George Woodward Wickersham |birth_date = {{birth date|1858|9|19}} |birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1936|1|25|1858|9|19}} |death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. |party = Republican |spouse = Mildred Wendell |education = University of Pennsylvania {{small|(BA)}} }} 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. He was the father of Cornelius Wendell Wickersham, US Army Brigadier General and Lawyer. Early lifeBorn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wickersham graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. CareerIn 1883, Wickersham entered the old law firm of Strong and Cadwalader, and he 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, better known as the "Wickersham Commission" (also, the "Wickersham Committee" as William L. Marbury, Jr. described it in a 1935 letter seeking the support of U.S. Senator George L. P. Radcliffe for appointment of Alger Hiss, who had served on committee 1929-1930, to the U.S. Solicitor General's office.[1]). Wickersham served as president of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1933 to 1936.[2] Personal and deathWickersham died in New York City in 1936 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.[3] LegacySince 1996, the Friends of the Law Library of the Library of Congress have presented an annual award named for Wickersham.[4] References1. ^{{cite web| first = William L.| last = Marbury| authorlink = William L. Marbury, Jr.| title = Personal letter to the Honorable George L. Radcliffe| publisher = Maryland Historical Society| url = http://www.mdhs.org/findingaid/alger-hiss-collection-1934-1979-ms-2504| date = 30 July 1935| accessdate = 16 February 2017}} 2. ^History of CFR - Council on Foreign Relations 3. ^George Woodward Wickersham, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 22, 2007. 4. ^{{cite web| title = The Wickersham Award| publisher = Library of Congress| url = https://www.loc.gov/law/news/articles/2008_wickersham.php| date = 28 February 2014| accessdate = 16 February 2017}} External links
| before = Charles J. Bonaparte | after = James C. McReynolds | years = March 4, 1909–March 4, 1913 | president = William Howard Taft | department = Attorney General}}{{s-end}}{{USAttGen}}{{Taft cabinet}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wickersham, George W.}} 12 : 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|20th-century American politicians|New York (state) Republicans|Pennsylvania Republicans|Burials at Brookside Cemetery (Englewood, New Jersey)|People associated with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft |
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