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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| Richard Olney | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States Attorney General
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United States Secretary of State ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Grover Cleveland
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surface form:
President Grover Cleveland
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| buriedIn | Mount Auburn Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1835-09-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1917-04-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brown University
NERFINISHED
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Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| employer |
United States Department of Justice
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United States Department of State ⓘ |
| endTime |
1895-06-10 as United States Attorney General
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1897-03-05 as United States Secretary of State ⓘ |
| era |
Gilded Age
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Progressive Era ⓘ |
| familyName | Olney ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Grover Cleveland administration policies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Aggressive use of federal power against labor unions
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Strengthening federal authority in interstate commerce matters ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty | railroad law ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Democratic Party ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Pullman Strike
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surface form:
Pullman Strike of 1894
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| notableWork |
Expansion of federal authority over labor disputes
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In re Debs Supreme Court case ⓘ
surface form:
Use of federal injunctions in the Pullman Strike
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| occupation |
lawyer
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politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Venezuelan boundary dispute diplomacy ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Oxford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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United States Attorney General ⓘ United States Secretary of State ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Massachusetts
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| represented | railroad companies ⓘ |
| residence | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime |
1893-03-06 as United States Attorney General
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1895-06-10 as United States Secretary of State ⓘ |
| usedLegalInstrument |
Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
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surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act enforcement
federal injunctions ⓘ |
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