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Bonaparte, Charles Joseph
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pronunciation:
[bohnapah(r)t]
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| biography:
| Lawyer and reformer, born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the great-nephew of Napoleon I. He practised law in Baltimore, where he fought the corruption rampant both in the city and state government, and in 1881 founded the Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland and the National Civil Service Reform League. His activities led to a friendship with Theodore Roosevelt who, as president, appointed him secretary of the navy (1905) and attorney general (1906–9). In this capacity, he prosecuted the anti-trust suit which culminated in 1911 in the dissolution of the American Tobacco Company. Although he led Roosevelt's anti-trust campaign, he was himself essentially a conservative who had no great faith in the masses. After leaving the Department of Justice, he returned to practise law in Baltimore, and founded the National Municipal League. |
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