Louis T. Michener
Louis T. Michener | |
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| 14th Indiana Attorney General | |
| In office November 22, 1886 – November 22, 1890 | |
| Governor | Isaac P. Gray, Alvin P. Hovey |
| Preceded by | Francis T. Hord |
| Succeeded by | Alonzo G. Smith |
Louis Theodore Michener (December 21, 1848 - February 10, 1928) was an
Biography
Early life and education
Michener was born in
Michener attended
Political career
In 1871, Michener, a Republican, was appointed deputy district attorney of Franklin County. He held this office for two years.[1]
In 1873, Michener moved to Winfield, Kansas before returning to Indiana one year later, settling in Shelbyville. In Shelbyville, he continued to practice law in partnership with his father-in-law, Thomas B. Adams. Michener left the firm in 1886.[1][3]
In 1886, Michener was elected Indiana Attorney General, succeeding Francis T. Hord. He served in the administrations of Governors Isaac P. Gray (a Democrat) and Alvin P. Hovey (a Republican). Michener served two full terms as Attorney General and was succeeded to the office by Alonzo G. Smith. From 1886 to 1887, the Deputy Attorney General under Michener was William B. Hord, son of Michener's predecessor, Francis T. Hord.[1][5]
In addition to his duties as Attorney General, Michener served as chairman of the
Michener was also an early supporter of Theodore Roosevelt. Michener, along with Henry Cabot Lodge and presidential secretary Elijah W. Halford, successfully convinced President Harrison to appoint Roosevelt to the United States Civil Service Commission in 1889. In 1904, Michener wrote a letter to James S. Clarkson promoting the Republican ticket of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks in the 1904 presidential election, stating that opposition to Roosevelt and Fairbanks came primarily from Southern Democrats who wished to preserve Jim Crow laws that disenfranchised African Americans.[6][8]
Personal life and death
Michener was a friend and political ally of Richard W. Thompson, a U.S. Representative from Indiana and Secretary of the Navy.[9]
In 1872, Michener married Mary E. Adams, daughter of his law partner, Thomas B. Adams. Mary Adams was a native of Franklin County and moved with her husband to Washington, D.C. where she died in 1935. They had one child, Nora, who married a D.C. lawyer.[3]
Michener died in 1928.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Monks, Leander John (1916). Courts and lawyers of Indiana. Indianapolis: Federal Publishing Company.
- ^ "Attorneys General of Indiana". Indiana State Library. 2 December 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Morrow, John (1958). The family and descendants of William Barnes Adams and Martha Lariomore Adams of Laurei, Indiana. Together with genealogieal data on the following families; Bowers, Bullitt, Larimore, Lehmer, Lindley, Linville, McElhiney, Melone, Morrow, Peery, Perin, and Pettit, and with early historical incidents of Franklin and Fayette Counties, Indiana.
- ^ "Michener on Indiana Vote (2): MICHENER ON INDIANA VOTE.(2); Expects McKinley to Carry State by a Reduced Plurality". The New York Times. 28 Aug 1900.
- ^ Hord, Arnold Harris (1898). Genealogy of the Hord family. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
- ^ a b Armbruster, Carl Joseph. "Problems and Personalities of the Civil Service Reform in the Administration of Benjamin Harrison". Loyola eCommons. Loyola University Chicago.
- JSTOR 27789790.
- ^ "Letter from Louis T. Michener to James Sullivan Clarkson". Theodore Roosevelt Center. Dickinson State University.
- ^ "Letter from Louis T. Michener to Richard W. Thompson". The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection.
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