Attorney General Richard Olney

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Attorney General Richard Olney was a powerful late 19th-century U.S. lawyer and statesman known for using federal injunctions and troops to break the Pullman Strike and for expanding federal authority over labor disputes.

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instanceOf United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
human
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Grover Cleveland
surface form: President Grover Cleveland
buriedIn Mount Auburn Cemetery
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1835-09-15
dateOfDeath 1917-04-08
educatedAt Brown University NERFINISHED
Harvard Law School
employer United States Department of Justice
United States Department of State
endTime 1895-06-10 as United States Attorney General
1897-03-05 as United States Secretary of State
era Gilded Age
Progressive Era
familyName Olney
givenName Richard NERFINISHED
influencedBy Grover Cleveland administration policies
knownFor Aggressive use of federal power against labor unions
Strengthening federal authority in interstate commerce matters
legalSpecialty railroad law
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent Pullman Strike
surface form: Pullman Strike of 1894
notableWork Expansion of federal authority over labor disputes
In re Debs Supreme Court case
surface form: Use of federal injunctions in the Pullman Strike
occupation lawyer
politician
statesman
participatedIn Venezuelan boundary dispute diplomacy
placeOfBirth Oxford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
positionHeld Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
United States Attorney General
United States Secretary of State
practicedLawIn Boston, Massachusetts
regionOfActivity Massachusetts
Washington, D.C.
represented railroad companies
residence Boston, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
startTime 1893-03-06 as United States Attorney General
1895-06-10 as United States Secretary of State
usedLegalInstrument Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
surface form: Interstate Commerce Act enforcement

federal injunctions

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Pullman Strike keyPerson Attorney General Richard Olney