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Biddle, Francis Beverley, 1886–1968, U.S. Attorney General (1941–45), b. Paris, France, of American parents. Secretary to Associate Justice O. W. Holmes (1912), he became a successful corporation lawyer. He served as National Labor Relations Board chairman (1934–35) and as appellate judge (1939–40) before succeeding Robert H. Jackson Jackson, Robert Houghwout (hou`ət), 1892–1954, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1941–54), b. Spring Creek, Pa. ..... Click the link for more information. as Solicitor General (1940) and as Attorney General. Biddle was (1945–46) a U.S. judge for the trial of war criminals at Nuremberg. BibliographySee his autobiographical A Casual Past (1961) and In Brief Authority (1962). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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