Alexander Mitchell Palmer
| A. Mitchell Palmer | |
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| 50th United States Attorney General | |
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In office March 5, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
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| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Thomas Watt Gregory |
| Succeeded by | Harry Daugherty |
| Member of the Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania |
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In office May 8, 1912 – May 18, 1920 |
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| Preceded by | James Guffey |
| Succeeded by | Joe Guffey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 26th district |
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In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915 |
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| Preceded by | Jefferson Davis Brodhead |
| Succeeded by | Henry Steele |
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Alexander Mitchell Palmer May 4, 1872 White Haven, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 1936 (aged 64) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Roberta Dixon (died 1922) Margaret Fallon Burrall |
| Alma mater |
Swarthmore College Lafayette College |
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936), best known as A. Mitchell Palmer, was Attorney General of the United States from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.
Palmer was born near White Haven, Pennsylvania in the small town of Moosehead on May 4, 1872. He was educated in the public schools and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s Moravian Parochial School. Palmer graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. At Swarthmore, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Kappa chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. After graduation, he was appointed court stenographer of Pennsylvania’s 43rd judicial district. He studied law at Lafayette College and George Washington University, and continued his studies with attorney John Brutzman Storm. He was admitted to the bar in 1893, and began to practice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania in partnership with Storm. Palmer also had various business interests, including serving on the board of directors of the Scranton Trust Company, Stroudsburg National Bank, International Boiler Company, Citizens’ Gas Company, and Stroudsburg Water Company. He also became active in politics as a Democrat, to include membership on the executive committee of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee.
Palmer was elected as a Democrat to the 61st, 62nd, and 63rd Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, to March 3, 1915. From the start he won important party assignments, serving as vice-chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in his first term and managing the assignment of office space in his second term.
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