William Marshall Bullitt
William Marshall Bullitt | |
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Frederick W. Lehmann | |
Succeeded by | John W. Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | March 4, 1873
Died | October 3, 1957 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 84)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Nora Iasigi |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Princeton University (1894) University of Louisville (1895) |
William Marshall Bullitt (March 4, 1873 – October 3, 1957) was an influential lawyer and author who served as Solicitor General of the United States (1912–1913).
Biography
Background
Bullitt was born to Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie P. Logan in
He began his collegiate career at Princeton University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1894. He received a law degree from the University of Louisville in 1895.[1]
Early career
That same year (1895), Bullitt entered law practice in his hometown of Louisville, where he established himself as a senior member of his firm Bullitt, Dawson & Tarrant. He practiced law there until his death in 1957.[1]
Politics
Bullitt served as a delegate-at-large at the 1908 Republican National Convention in Chicago. He made speeches on behalf of practically all Louisville Republicans during election time. If he did not think the election officers were performing up to his standards, he proceeded to have them arrested.
Bulliit proved his dedication to President William Howard Taft and the Republican Party by leading Taft's election forces in Kentucky throughout his run for president in 1908.
Solicitor General (1912-1913)
Taft appointed Bullitt Solicitor General on June 28, 1912.
During his service (1912–1913), Bullitt argued cases involving enforcement of the
Other cases he argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court involved income taxation of federal judicial salaries, taxation of
After government
Bullitt was Kentucky's Republican nominee for Senate in 1914, but was defeated.
For the remainder of his life, he was active not only as a lawyer but also as a banker, academic, and author.
He taught at
Carnegie Endowment and Alger Hiss
In 1933, Bullitt joined the trustees of the
Personal life
Bullitt was known to be a very slight man who one Kentuckian remarked could "talk faster than any man in Kentucky."
He was a noted collector of rare mathematics texts. Following a discussion with his friend
In November 1956, thieves cracked a wall safe in his Oxmoor home. Police estimated the amount of valuables taken as high as $250,000, of which $77,000 was recovered by the time Bullitt died a year later.[4]
Death
Bullitt died on October 3, 1957, of a heart attack at the age of 84.[4] Bullitt was buried at Oxmoor Cemetery in Kentucky.
Impact
Bullitt argued more than fifty cases in front of the
Publications
The following publications appear in two listings in the Library of Congress online catalog:
- Civil and Criminal Codes of Practice of Kentucky and Amendments Enacted Prior to 1899 (1899)
- Civil and Criminal Codes of Practice of Kentucky (1902)
- Louisville Election Contest Cases (1907)
- The Relation of the Individual Policyholder to the Resources of a Mutual Life Insurance Company (1914)
- The Supreme Court of the United States and Unconstitutional Legislation (1924)
- Opinion of Wm. Marshall Bullitt Upon the Disputed Claims between Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd., and United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation (1923)
- Accidental Means (1927)
- Some Unsolved Problems: Address Before the Cincinnati Bar Association, April 26, 1945 (1946)
- Factual Review of the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss Controversy (New York: Lawyers Press, 1949)[5][6][7]
Another publication is:
- Distribution of Divisible Surplus in the Light of Present Economic Conditions
Bullitt also edited his own law codes book in 1889 and 1902, called Bullitt's Civil and Criminal Codes of Kentucky.
References
- ^ a b c d Davis, Mark B. (1 August 2011). Solicitor General Bullitt. Crescent Hill Books. pp. 17–19 (background), 27 (education and early career), 187–207 (Carnegie and Hiss).
- ^ The William Marshall Bullitt Collection
- ^ William Marshall Bullitt Collection of Rare Mathematics and Astronomy
- ^ New York Times. October 4, 1957. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ^ "Factual Review of the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss Controversy". Library of Congress. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
- ^
Factual Review of the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss Controversy. WorldCat. OCLC 40769987.
- ^ Bullitt, William Marshall (1949). Factual Review of the Whittaker Chambers-Alger Hiss Controversy. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
External links
- Historylink: Dorothry Priscilla "Patsy" Bullitt Collins (1920–2003)
- Davis, Mark B. (1 August 2011). Solicitor General Bullitt. Crescent Hill Books.
- William Marshall Bullitt at Find a Grave
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Solicitor General of the United States.