Thomas Gardiner Corcoran

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Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and educated at Harvard Law School, Thomas Gardiner Corcoran (1900-1981) was one of several Irish American advisors in Franklin D. Roosevelt's inner circle during the New Deal. After five years of practicing corporate law in New York, Corcoran joined the Reconstruction Finance Committee in 1932. When Roosevelt began to take notice of his efforts, Corcoran was given a wider range of responsibilities than his official position as assistant general counsel allowed. He organized administrative agencies for various New Deal programs and assisted in drafting such legislation as the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.