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Thurman Wesley Arnold

Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1943

Thurman Wesley Arnold , Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Thurman Wesley Arnold (June 2, 1891 – November 7, 1969) was an American lawyer best known for his trust-busting campaign as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Department of Justice from 1938 to 1943. He later served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Education

  • Princeton UniversityB.A., 1911
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1914

Career

U.S. Army lieutenant, field artillery, -1919; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1914-1919; Private practice, Laramie, Wyoming, 1919-1927; State representative, Wyoming, 1921; Mayor, Laramie, Wyoming, 1923-1924; Lecturer, University of Wyoming, 1921-1926; Dean, West Virginia University College of Law, 1927-1930; Faculty, Yale University, 1930-1938; visiting professor, 1930-1931; professor of law, 1931-1938; Special assistant to general counsel, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1938-1943; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1945-

Biography

Thurman Wesley Arnold (June 2, 1891 – November 7, 1969) was an American lawyer best known for his trust-busting campaign as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Department of Justice from 1938 to 1943. He later served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

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