biography
| name: |
McReynolds, James Clark
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pronunciation:
[muhkrenldz]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1862–1946)
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| biography:
| Judge, born in Elkton, Kentucky, USA. As assistant US attorney general (1903–7) and as a federal prosecutor, he gained a reputation as a ‘trustbuster’. President Woodrow Wilson named him attorney general (1913–14) and appointed him to the US Supreme Court (1914–41). A strict constructionist, he wrote over 100 dissenting opinions that often opposed New Deal measures. |
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