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George W. Wickersham

AKA George Woodward Wickersham

Born: 19-Sep-1858
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Died: 26-Jan-1936
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Attorney General, 1909-13

Father: Samuel Morris Wickersham
Mother: Elizabeth Cox Woodward
Wife: Mildred Wendell (m. 19-Sep-1883, one son, three daughters)
Son: Cornelius Wendell
Daughter: Mildred
Daughter: Gwendolyn
Daughter: Constance

    University: Civil Engineering, Lehigh University (1873-75)
    Law School: LLB, University of Pennsylvania (1880)

    US Attorney General (1909-13)
    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft Partner (1914-)
    Strong & Cadwalader Partner (1887-14)
    Strong & Cadwalader (1883-87)
    American Law Institute President
    Council on Foreign Relations President (1933-36)
    Pennsylvania Bar Association
    Converted to Anglicanism from Quaker

Author of books:
The Changing Order (1914)
Some Legal Phases of Corporate Financing, Reorganization and Regulation (1917)


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