George W. Wickersham

George W. Wickersham


47th United States Attorney General
In office March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
President	William Howard Taft
Preceded by	Charles J. Bonaparte
Succeeded by	James C. McReynolds

Personal details
Born	George Woodward Wickersham (1858-09-19)September 19, 1858 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	January 25, 1936(1936-01-25) (aged 77) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mildred Wendell Wickersham
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

George Woodward Wickersham (September 19, 1858 – January 25, 1936) was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States in the administration of President William H. Taft. He was the father of Cornelius Wendell Wickersham, US Army Brigadier General and Lawyer.

Early life

In 1883, Wickersham entered the old law firm of Strong and Cadwalader, and he became a partner four years later.

He held the office of Attorney General of the United States from 1909 to 1913, in the administration of President William Howard Taft. From 1914 to 1916, Wickersham served as president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Wickersham was named by Woodrow Wilson to serve on the War Trade Board to Cuba soon after the United States entered World War I.

In 1929, Herbert Hoover named him to the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, better known as the "Wickersham Commission" (also, the "Wickersham Committee" as William L. Marbury described it in a 1935 letter seeking the support of U.S. Senator George L. P. Radcliffe for appointment of Alger Hiss, who had served on committee 1929-1930, to the U.S. Solicitor General's office.^[1]).

Wickersham served as president of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1933 to 1936.^[2]

Wickersham died in New York City in 1936 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery in Englewood, New Jersey.^[3]

Since 1996, the Friends of the Law Library of the Library of Congress have presented an annual award named for Wickersham.^[4]

↑ Marbury, William L. (30 July 1935). "Personal letter to the Honorable George L. Radcliffe". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
↑ History of CFR - Council on Foreign Relations
↑ George Woodward Wickersham, The Political Graveyard. Accessed August 22, 2007.
↑ "The Wickersham Award". Library of Congress. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

Legal offices
Preceded by Charles J. Bonaparte	U.S. Attorney General Served under: William Howard Taft March 4, 1909–March 4, 1913	Succeeded by James C. McReynolds

United States Attorneys General
18th century	Randolph Bradford Lee
19th century	Lincoln Breckinridge Rodney Pinkney Rush Wirt Berrien Taney Butler Grundy Gilpin Crittenden Legaré Nelson Mason Clifford Toucey Johnson Crittenden Cushing Black Stanton Bates Speed Stanbery Evarts Hoar Akerman Williams Pierrepont Taft Devens MacVeagh Brewster Garland Miller Olney Harmon McKenna Griggs
20th century	Knox Moody Bonaparte Wickersham McReynolds Gregory Palmer Daugherty Stone Sargent W. D. Mitchell Cummings Murphy Jackson Biddle T. C. Clark McGrath McGranery Brownell Rogers Kennedy Katzenbach R. Clark J. N. Mitchell Kleindienst Richardson Saxbe Levi Bell Civiletti Smith Meese Thornburgh Barr Reno
21st century	Ashcroft Gonzales Mukasey Holder Lynch Sessions

Cabinet of President William Howard Taft (1909–13)
Secretary of State	Philander C. Knox (1909–13)
Secretary of the Treasury	Franklin MacVeagh (1909–13)
Secretary of War	Jacob M. Dickinson (1909–11) Henry L. Stimson (1911–13)
Attorney General	George W. Wickersham (1909–13)
Postmaster General	Frank H. Hitchcock (1909–13)
Secretary of the Navy	George von L. Meyer (1909–13)
Secretary of the Interior	Richard A. Ballinger (1909–11) Walter L. Fisher (1911–13)
Secretary of Agriculture	James Wilson (1909–13)
Secretary of Commerce and Labor	Charles Nagel (1909–13)

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