| 词条 | Robert T. Bushnell |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Robert T. Bushnell |honorific-suffix = |image = |imagesize = |smallimage = |caption = |order = |office = Massachusetts Attorney General |governor = Leverett Saltonstall |predecessor = Paul A. Dever |successor = Clarence A. Barnes |term_start = 1941 |term_end = 1945 |office2 = Middlesex County District Attorney |predecessor2 = Arthur K. Reading |successor2 = Warren L. Bishop |term_start2 = 1927 |term_end2 = 1931 |birth_date = January 9, 1896 [1] |birth_place = New York City [2] |death_date = {{D-da|October 23, 1949|January 1896}}[3] |death_place = Manhattan [4] |alma_mater = Harvard University Harvard Law School [5] |party = Republican Party |profession = Lawyer |spouse = Sylvia P. Folsom (1924-1949) [6] |residence = West Newton, Massachusetts New York City [7] }} Robert Tyng Bushnell [8] (born January 9, 1896 in New York City,[9] died October 23, 1949 in Manhattan [10]) was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Attorney General from 1941-1945. Early careerA Boston lawyer, Bushnell served as District Attorney of Middlesex County,[11] President of the Republican Club of Massachusetts,[12] and chairman of the Boston chapter of the Motion Picture Research Council [13] before being elected Attorney General. Attorney GeneralAs Attorney General, Bushnell lead the investigation into the Cocoanut Grove fire.[14] Bushnell's investigation resulted a reform of fire codes and club owner Barney Welansky being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. In 1941, Bushnell and state representative Benjamin Priest conducted the prosecution during the impeachment trial of Massachusetts Governor's Councilor Daniel H. Coakley. On October 2, 1941, the Massachusetts Senate found Coakley guilty on 10 of the 14 articles on impeachment. The Senate voted 28 to 10 to remove Coakley from office and 23 to 15 to bar him for life from holding a place of "profit or honor or trust" in the Commonwealth.[15] In 1942, Bushnell tried to have fascist leader Edward Holton James committed to a psychiatric state hospital after he was indicted on charges of criminal libel.[16] In 1943, he indicted Boston Police Commissioner Joseph F. Timilty and six of his subordinates on charges of conspiracy to permit the operation of gambling houses and the registration of bets.[17] DeathBushnell died on October 23, 1949 in his suite at the Royalton Hotel from a heart attack.[18] References1. ^{{cite book |author=Richard T. Howard |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 |year= |publisher=Richard T. Howard |quote= | url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19411942bost |isbn= }} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title = Massachusetts Attorney General | before = Paul A. Dever | after = Clarence A. Barnes | years = 1941–1945}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bushnell, Robert T.}}{{Massachusetts-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite book |author=Richard T. Howard |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 |year= |publisher=Richard T. Howard |quote= | url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19411942bost |isbn= }} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html |title=Bushnell, Robert Tyng (1896-1949) |accessdate=2010-02-13 |quote= |publisher= }} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html |title=Bushnell, Robert Tyng (1896-1949) |accessdate=2010-02-13 |quote= |publisher= }} 5. ^{{cite book |author=Richard T. Howard |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 |year= |publisher=Richard T. Howard |quote= | url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19411942bost |isbn= }} 6. ^{{cite book |author=Richard T. Howard |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 |year= |publisher=Richard T. Howard |quote= | url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19411942bost |isbn= }} 7. ^{{cite book |author=Richard T. Howard |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 |year= |publisher=Richard T. Howard |quote= | url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19411942bost |isbn= }} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html |title=Bushnell, Robert Tyng (1896-1949) |accessdate=2010-02-13 |quote= |publisher= }} 9. ^{{cite book |author=Richard T. Howard |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1941-42 |year= |publisher=Richard T. Howard |quote= | url=https://archive.org/texts/flipbook/flippy.php?id=publicofficialso19411942bost |isbn= }} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html |title=Bushnell, Robert Tyng (1896-1949) |accessdate=2010-02-13 |quote= |publisher= }} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html |title=Bushnell, Robert Tyng (1896-1949) |accessdate=2010-02-13 |quote= |publisher= }} 12. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=CURLEYISM' DOOMED, REPUBLICAN ASSERTS; Dog Racing in Massachusetts Will Also Go, R.T. Bushnell Declares at Wayland. |quote= |work=New York Times |date=August 25, 1935 }} 13. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Block Booking System Flayed |quote= |work=Los Angeles Times |date= April 6, 1939 }} 14. ^{{cite news |author=FRANK S. ADAMS |coauthors= |title=BOSTON SHUTS CLUBS AND BEGINS INQUIRY; Suspends Licenses and Halts Entertainment at 1,161 Other Establishments DOORS LOCKED, MANY SAY Witnesses Tell of Cocoanut Grove Flight -- Death List Is Revised Down to 474 |quote= |work=New York Times |date=December 2, 1942 }} 15. ^{{cite news|last=Harris|first=John G.|title=Coakley Outsted: Guility on 10 Counts|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=June 14, 1941}} 16. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=James, Leader of Harvard Fascists, Called Sane In New Trial Deferment |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1942/7/6/james-leader-of-harvard-fascists-called/ |quote= |work=The Harvard Crimson |date= July 6, 1942 |accessdate=2010-02-13}} 17. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Heads of Boston Police Indicted In Plot to Permit Gaming Houses; HEADS OF POLICE INDICTED IN BOSTON |quote= |work=New York Times |date=March 28, 1943 }} 18. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html |title=Bushnell, Robert Tyng (1896-1949) |accessdate=2010-02-13 |quote= |publisher= }} 11 : 1896 births|1949 deaths|District attorneys in Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Harvard Law School alumni|Harvard University alumni|Massachusetts Attorneys General|Politicians from Newton, Massachusetts|Politicians from New York City|Massachusetts Republicans|20th-century American politicians|Lawyers from New York City |
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