Harry M. Daugherty

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Harry M. Daugherty was an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, becoming a central figure in several major political scandals of the early 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Attorney General of the United States
human
politician
buriedIn Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1860-01-26
dateOfDeath 1941-10-12
educatedAt University of Michigan
University of Michigan Law School NERFINISHED
endTime 1924-03-28 as United States Attorney General
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Daugherty NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork criminal law
public administration
givenName Harry NERFINISHED
legalStatus acquitted in federal corruption trials
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
middleName Micajah NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
nominatedBy Warren G. Harding NERFINISHED
notableFor association with the Teapot Dome era corruption investigations
controversies over Department of Justice patronage and graft
involvement in political scandals during the Harding administration
role as political manager for Warren G. Harding
occupation lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Washington Court House, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Columbus, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld United States Attorney General NERFINISHED
chair of the Republican National Committee (de facto political manager)
member of the Ohio House of Representatives
precededBy A. Mitchell Palmer as United States Attorney General NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Columbus, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
servedInTheCabinetOf Calvin Coolidge NERFINISHED
Warren G. Harding NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Lucie Walker NERFINISHED
startTime 1921-03-04 as United States Attorney General
stateRepresented Ohio NERFINISHED
succeededBy Harlan F. Stone as United States Attorney General NERFINISHED
workLocation Ohio NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
wrote The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy NERFINISHED

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A. Mitchell Palmer succeededBy Harry M. Daugherty