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    Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886 – October 4, 1968) was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II...
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  • Sydney Francis Biddle (1918-2004), a lawyer turned artist trained at Harvard College and Columbia Law School. Biddle was a member of the Biddle family...
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    execute those found guilty – though that was strongly contested by Francis Biddle and Iona Nikitchenko. Along with Lemkin (the Academic who devised the...
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    The Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is an Old Philadelphian family descended from English immigrants William Biddle (1630–1712) and Sarah...
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  • Schacht's acquittal to safeguard German industrialists and financiers; Francis Biddle revealed Geoffrey Lawrence had argued that Schacht, being a "man of...
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    effort. At Jackson's recommendation, the United States appointed judges Francis Biddle and John Parker. The British chief prosecutor was Sir Hartley Shawcross...
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    period, Roosevelt rejected the recommendations of Attorney General Francis Biddle and other top advisors, who opposed the incarceration of Japanese Americans...
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  • Rosenberg René Gagnon as Arthur Seyss-Inquart Len Cariou as Francis Biddle David Francis as Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey Len Doncheff as Gen. Iona...
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  • March 29, 2004. The two-act play depicts the final year in the life of Francis Biddle—the United States attorney general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt...
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    Sir Geoffrey Lawrence (left) and Francis Biddle (right) talking at the opening session of the Nuremberg trials....
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    President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by Frank Murphy Succeeded by Francis Biddle 24th United States Solicitor General In office March 5, 1938 – January...
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    1812 and captain of the USS Constitution" Francis Biddle (1886–1968), former U.S. attorney general James Biddle (1783–1848), Commodore in United States...
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    Geoffrey Lawrence (president) Norman Birkett (alternate) United States Francis Biddle (judge) John Parker (alternate) France Henri de Vabres (judge) Robert...
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  • which was in turn adapted from the 1942 book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice...
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    activity. Though some in the administration (including Attorney General Francis Biddle and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover) dismissed all rumors of Japanese American...
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    stands up today." George Biddle's brother was Francis Biddle (1886–1968), who was Attorney General of the United States. During Francis' tenure as the Attorney...
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    imprisonment. While three of the eight judges (two Soviet and American Francis Biddle) advocated the death penalty for Speer, the other judges did not, and...
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  • pre-war to June 1945 Robert E. Hannegan to war's end Attorney General Francis Biddle pre-war to June 1945 Tom C. Clark to war's end Director of the Federal...
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    Television film 2000 D.C. Senator William Abbott 1 episode Nuremberg Francis Biddle Television film The West Wing Pharmaceutical Executive 1 episode 2003...
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    business" distasteful. Jackson's successor at the post of Attorney General, Francis Biddle, did turn down Hoover's requests on occasion. In the late 1930s, President...
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    Nicholas Biddle (January 8, 1786 – February 27, 1844) was an American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United...
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    Pearl Harbor the following year, Clark was named by Attorney General Francis Biddle as the Civilian Coordinator of the Alien Enemy Control Program. In this...
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    service record for the U.S. or any other country. Solicitor General Francis Biddle had responsibility for the Division, which was headed by Earl G. Harrison...
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    political status quo." In a 1942 letter to United States Attorney General Francis Biddle, John Steinbeck wrote: "Do you suppose you could ask Edgar's boys to...
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  • Michael Francis Gregson (born 27 January 1929), known professionally as Michael Craig, is a British actor and screenwriter, known for his work in theatre...
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  • photo-bearing "enemy alien registration cards" at all times. Attorney General Francis Biddle assured enemy aliens that they would not be discriminated against if...
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  • Edward Biddle (1738–1779), American lawyer and statesman Francis Biddle (1886–1968), US Attorney General and judge in Nuremberg trials George Biddle (1885–1973)...
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    Administration stepped in again. On April 14, 1942, U.S. Attorney General Francis Biddle wrote a letter to the Postmaster General, Frank Walker, in which he...
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    Solicitor General (1938–1940) New York January 18, 1940 August 25, 1941 58 Francis Biddle Pennsylvania August 26, 1941 June 26, 1945 Lawyer, Deputy Chair of the...
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  • 1948–1949: Leon Henderson 1949–1950: Senator Hubert Humphrey 1950–1953: Francis Biddle 1954–1955: Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and James E. Doyle (co-chairs) 1955–1957:...
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