Alexander Mitchell Palmer

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Alexander Mitchell Palmer was a U.S. Attorney General best known for leading the post–World War I "Palmer Raids" against suspected radicals during the Red Scare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
United States Attorney General
human
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED
birthDate 1872-05-04
birthPlace Moorestown, New Jersey, United States NERFINISHED
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
candidateInElection 1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1936-05-11
deathPlace Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt Swarthmore College NERFINISHED
familyName Palmer NERFINISHED
fullName Alexander Mitchell Palmer NERFINISHED
givenName Alexander
ideology anti-communism
knownFor aggressive prosecution of suspected radicals and anarchists
legalBackground admitted to the Pennsylvania bar
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
movement First Red Scare NERFINISHED
nationality American
nickname A. Mitchell Palmer NERFINISHED
notableFor leading the Palmer Raids
role in the First Red Scare in the United States
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndTime 1921-03-04
officeHeld United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED
officeStartTime 1919-03-05
oversawEvent Palmer Raids NERFINISHED
positionHeld Alien Property Custodian of the United States NERFINISHED
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
United States Attorney General NERFINISHED
precededInOfficeBy Thomas Watt Gregory NERFINISHED
ranForOffice President of the United States NERFINISHED
religion Quaker
representedDistrict Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district NERFINISHED
residence Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Mary Jeffreys NERFINISHED
succeededInOfficeBy Harry M. Daugherty NERFINISHED
termEndAsRepresentative 1915-03-03
termStartAsRepresentative 1909-03-04
workedAt private law practice in Pennsylvania

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A. Mitchell Palmer fullName Alexander Mitchell Palmer
Thomas Watt Gregory successor Alexander Mitchell Palmer
this entity surface form: A. Mitchell Palmer