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United States Solicitor General
The United States Solicitor General is the person appointed to represent the Government of the United States before the Supreme Court of the United States. Currently, the Solicitor General is Elena Kagan, who was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 19, 2009.
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Samuel F. Phillips
Samuel Field Phillips (February 18, 1824 - November 18, 1903) was a civil rights pioneer, lawyer, politician, and U.S. Solicitor General (1872–1885). He took part in the landmark civil rights case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
Samuel Phillips was born in New...
Date of birth:
- Feb 18, 1824
Date of death:
- Nov 18, 1903 (age 79 years)
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Benjamin Bristow
Benjamin Helm Bristow (June 20, 1832 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Solicitor General of the United States and as a U.S. Treasury Secretary.
Born in Elkton, Kentucky, Bristow was the son of Francis...
Date of birth:
- Jun 20, 1832
Date of death:
- Jun 22, 1896 (age 64 years)
John Goode
John Goode, Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a prominent Virginia Democratic politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War and then was a three-term post-bellum United States Congressman, as well as the acting...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1829
Date of death:
- Jul 14, 1909 (age 80 years)
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George A. Jenks
George A. Jenks (March 25, 1836 – February 10, 1908) was a politician from Pennsylvania and Solicitor General.
Jenks was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1836. He proceeded to graduate from Jefferson College in Canonsburg,...
Date of birth:
- Mar 25, 1836
Date of death:
- 1908 (age 71 years)
Orlow W. Chapman
Orlow W. Chapman was born in 1832, in Ellington, Connecticut, though he made his life’s work and home in New York. While in Ellington, Chapman received his primary education in a local academy. He then proceeded to graduate from Union College of...
Date of birth:
- 1832
Date of death:
- Jan 19, 1890 (age 58 years)
Charles H. Aldrich
Charles H. Aldrich (August 28, 1850, LaGrange County, Indiana – April 13, 1929, Chicago) was a Solicitor General of the United States of America.
He attended the University of Michigan and received his A.B. in 1875. The University also awarded...
Date of birth:
- Aug 28, 1850
Date of death:
- Apr 13, 1929 (age 78 years)
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.
Lawrence Maxwell Jr. was born to parents Lawrence and Alison (Crawford) on May 4, 1853 in Glasgow, Scotland.
After immigrating to America, Maxwell graduated from the University of Michigan in 1874. In addition, he received an honorary masters and...
Date of birth:
- May 4, 1853
Date of death:
- 1927 (age 73 years)
Holmes Conrad
Holmes Conrad (January 31, 1840 – September 4, 1915) was a politician, lawyer and military officer.
Conrad was born in Winchester, Virginia. He was the son of Robert Young Conrad, a prominent lawyer of Winchester, and state attorney general from...
Date of birth:
- Jan 31, 1840
Date of death:
- Sep 4, 1915 (age 75 years)
John K. Richards
John K. Richards (March 15, 1856 - March 1, 1909), jurist, son of Samuel and Sarah (Kelvey) Richards, was born in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. Having received his early education in the schools of his native town, John Richards graduated from...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1856
Date of death:
- Mar 1, 1909 (age 52 years)
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States and later the 10th Chief Justice of the United States.
Born in 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, into the powerful Taft family, Taft graduated from Yale...
Date of birth:
- Sep 15, 1857
Date of death:
- Mar 8, 1930 (age 72 years)
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Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox, Jr., (May 17, 1912 – May 29, 2004) was an American lawyer and law professor who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy; he became best known as the first special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal. During...
Date of birth:
- May 17, 1912
Date of death:
- May 29, 2004 (age 92 years)
Robert Bork
Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927) is an American legal scholar who has advocated the judicial philosophy of originalism. Bork formerly served as Solicitor General, acting Attorney General, and judge for the United States Court of Appeals for...
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1927 (age 82 years)
Kenneth Starr
Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American lawyer, a former federal Court of Appeals judge and Solicitor General who is most notable for his tenure as Independent Counsel while Bill Clinton was U. S. President. Starr was initially...
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1946 (age 63 years)
