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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 (* 6. November 1861 in Crawfordsville, Mississippi; † 26. Februar 1933 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker ( Demokratische Partei ), der dem Kabinett von US-Präsident Woodrow Wilson als Justizminister angehörte.
24. Okt. 2022 · Historical Biography. Attorney General: Thomas Watt Gregory. Gregory, Thomas Watt. 49th Attorney General, 1914 - 1919. Download Image. Thomas Watt Gregory was born in Crawfordsville, Mississippi, on November 6, 1861. He graduated from Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1883, and studied at the University of Virginia in 1884.
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 ...
4. Dez. 2019 · Gregory, Thomas Watt (1861–1933). Thomas Watt Gregory, politician and United States attorney general, son of Francis Robert and Mary Cornelia (Watt) Gregory, was born at Crawfordsville, Mississippi, on November 6, 1861. His father was killed in the Civil War, and his mother taught school and took in boarders to support and educate her only ...
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.
