USA Law

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  • Edward Douglass White

    Edward Douglass White in the United States Edward Douglass White, Jr. (1845-1921), American jurist and politician, was born on a plantation in the parish of Lafourche, La., Nov. 3 1845. His father was seventh governor of Louisiana. He was educated at Mount St. Mary’s, Md., Georgetown (D.C.) […]

  • Franklin Knight Lane

    Franklin Knight Lane in the United States Franklin Knight Lane (1864-1921), American public official, was born near Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada, July 15 1864. He was taken to California in childhood and graduated from the university of California in 1886. He began his career as a newspaper […]

  • McAdoo, William Gibbs

    McAdoo, William Gibbs in the United States McAdoo, William Gibbs (1863-1941), American public official, was born near Marietta, Ga., Oct. 31 1863. He entered the university of Tennessee but did not finish his course. In 1882 he became a clerk in the U.S. Circuit Court of Chattanooga, read […]

  • Louis Dembitz Brandeis

    Louis Dembitz Brandeis in the United States Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941), American lawyer and jurist, was born in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 13 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at the Annen Realschule, Dresden, Germany. He graduated from the Harvard Law […]

  • Alton Brooks Parker

    Alton Brooks Parker in the United States Alton Brooks Parker (1852 -1926), American judge and lawyer, was born at Cortland, N.Y., May 14 1852. He studied at the local academy and normal school, taught for a short time, read law in an office, and in 1873 graduated from the Albany Law School. […]