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Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 – May 11, 1936) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 50th United States attorney general from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids during the Red Scare of 1919–20.
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (* 4. Mai 1872 bei White Haven, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; † 11. Mai 1936 in Washington D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Anwalt und Politiker. Er war für die nach ihm benannten Palmer-Razzien (1919/1920) verantwortlich und hatte den Spitznamen „Der kämpfende Quäker“.
9. Mai 2024 · A. Mitchell Palmer (born May 4, 1872, Moosehead, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died May 11, 1936, Washington, D.C.) was an American lawyer, legislator, and U.S. attorney general (1919–21) whose highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals touched off the so-called Red Scare of 1919–20.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1919–1921) Born to a Quaker family near White Haven, Pennsylvania, on May 4, 1872, A. Mitchell Palmer attended a Moravian parochial high school in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, graduating later from Swarthmore College in 1891.
Location: United States. Context: World War I. First Red Scare. Key People: A. Mitchell Palmer. Palmer Raids, raids conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, many of whom were subsequently deported.
- Gregory Dehler
On June 2, 1919, the second wave of bombings occurred, when several much larger package bombs were detonated by Galleanists in eight American cities, including one that damaged the home of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer in Washington, D.C. At least one person was killed in this second attack, night watchman William Boehner, and ...
8. Okt. 2014 · In March 1919, President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) appointed Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) as U.S. Attorney General. During the war, Palmer had served as Alien Property Custodian and was responsible for the investigation, seizure and administration of enemy assets in the United States.
