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Thomas Watt Gregory (November 6, 1861 – February 26, 1933) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a progressive and attorney who served as US Attorney General from 1914 to 1919 under US President Woodrow Wilson.
Thomas Watt Gregory war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker, der dem Kabinett von US-Präsident Woodrow Wilson als Justizminister angehörte.
24. Okt. 2022 · On August 29, 1914, President Wilson appointed him Attorney General of the United States, and he held that office until March 4, 1919. Gregory was a member of Wilson's Second Industrial Conference in 1919 and 1920. He died in New York City on February 26, 1933.
Thomas Watt Gregory served as Attorney General of the United States during World War I. He played a key role in developing the Espionage and Sedition Acts to suppress dissent during World War I and enforcing Selective Service draft laws. He served as an advisor at the Paris Peace Conference.
For Thomas Watt Gregory, the meaning of progressivism was far less elusive. In a 1926 tribute to Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, Gregory defined a progressive as "a person who, when property rights are arrayed against individual rights, sides with the latter." "In most of these conflicts," Gregory continued, "vested interests grapple ...
Thomas Watt Gregory served as attorney general of the United States under President WOODROW WILSON from 1914 to 1919. Because his term of office coincided with the entry of the United States into WORLD WAR I,Gregory's JUSTICE DEPARTMENT experienced tremendous growth.
4. Dez. 2019 · Gregory helped frame the Espionage and Sedition Acts, which compromised the constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and press, and lobbied for their passage. He encouraged extralegal surveillance by the American Protective League and directed the federal prosecutions of more than 2,000 opponents of the war.
