Richard Olney
| Richard Olney | |
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| 40th United States Attorney General | |
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In office March 6, 1893 – June 10, 1895 |
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| President | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | William H. H. Miller |
| Succeeded by | Judson Harmon |
| 34th United States Secretary of State | |
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In office June 7, 1895 – March 5, 1897 |
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| President |
Grover Cleveland William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Walter Q. Gresham |
| Succeeded by | John Sherman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 15, 1835 Oxford, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 1917 (aged 81) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Park Thomas |
| Alma mater |
Brown University Harvard Law School |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Richard Olney (September 15, 1835 – April 8, 1917) was an American statesman. He served as United States Attorney General and Secretary of State under President Grover Cleveland, and in the latter position, briefly, under Cleveland's successor, William McKinley. As attorney general, Olney used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops, when legal means failed to control the strikers. As secretary of state, he raised the status of America in the world by elevating U.S. diplomatic posts to the status of embassy.
Olney was born into a family of means in Oxford, Massachusetts. His father was Wilson Olney, a textiles manufacturer and banker. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, until Olney was seven. The family then moved back to Oxford and Olney attended school at the Leicester Academy in Leicester.
After completing his education there, he went to Brown University, where he graduated with high honors as class orator in 1856. He then attended Harvard Law School, where he received a bachelor of laws degree in 1858. In 1859, he passed the bar and began practicing law in Boston, attaining a reputation as an authority on probate, trust and corporate law.
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