John Lord O'Brian

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John Lord O'Brian

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{{Short description|American lawyer}}
{{Short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = John Lord O'Brian in 1920.jpg
|image = John Lord O'Brian in 1920.jpg
|name = John Lord O'Brian
|name = John Lord O'Brian
|office = [[United States Attorney for the Western District of New York]]
|office = [[United States Attorney for the Western District of New York]]
|nominator = [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|nominator = [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|term_start = 1909
|term_start = 1909
|term_end = 1914
|term_end = 1914
|predecessor = [[Lyman M. Bass]]
|predecessor = [[Lyman M. Bass]]
|successor = [[Stephen T. Lockwood]]
|successor = [[Stephen T. Lockwood]]
|office2 = [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Special Assistant Attorney General]], War Emergency Division, [[U.S. Department of Justice]]
|office2 = [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Special Assistant Attorney General]], War Emergency Division, [[U.S. Department of Justice]]
|nominator2 = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
|nominator2 = [[Woodrow Wilson]]
|term_start2 = 1917
|term_start2 = 1917
|term_end2 = 1919
|term_end2 = 1919
|office3 = [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division|Antitrust Division]]
|office3 = [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division|Antitrust Division]]
|nominator3 = [[Herbert Hoover]]
|nominator3 = [[Herbert Hoover]]
|term_start3 = 1929
|term_start3 = 1929
|term_end3 = 1933
|term_end3 = 1933
|predecessor3 = [[William J. Donovan]]
|predecessor3 = [[William J. Donovan]]
|successor3 = [[Robert H. Jackson]]
|successor3 = [[Robert H. Jackson]]
|office4 = General Counsel, [[War Production Board]]
|office4 = General Counsel, [[War Production Board]]
|nominator4 = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]]
|nominator4 = [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]]
|term_start4 = 1941
|term_start4 = 1941
|term_end4 = 1944
|term_end4 = 1944
|birth_date = {{birth date|1874|10|14}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1874|10|14}}
|birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
|birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1973|04|11|1874|10|14}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1973|04|11|1874|10|14}}
|death_place = [[George Washington University Hospital]]
[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[District of Columbia|D.C.]], U.S.
|death_place = [[George Washington University Hospital]]
[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], [[District of Columbia|D.C.]], U.S.
|restingplace = [[Washington National Cathedral]]
|resting_place = [[Washington National Cathedral]]
|children = Esther Lord O'Brian
|children = Esther Lord O'Brian
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]
[[University of Buffalo Law School]]
|alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]
[[University of Buffalo Law School]]
}}
}}
'''John Lord O'Brian''' (October 14, 1874 – April 11, 1973) was an American lawyer who held public offices in the administrations of five U.S. presidents between 1909 and 1945.{{cite web|title=John Lord O'Brian|url=http://law.lib.buffalo.edu/collections/obrian/|website=SUNY Buffalo School of Law|accessdate=20 May 2016}} O'Brian has been recognized by scholars for his commitment to civil liberties.{{cite book|editor-last1=Newman|editor-first1=Roger K. |title=The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law|date=2009|publisher=Yale Univ. Press|location=New Haven, Conn.|isbn=978-0-300-11300-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/yalebiographical00newm/page/405 405]|url=https://archive.org/details/yalebiographical00newm/page/405}}{{cite book|last1=Kornweibel|first1=Theodore Jr.|title="Investigate Everything": Federal Efforts to Compel Black Loyalty During World War I|date=2002|publisher=Indiana Univ. Press|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=0-253-34009-8|page=38}} At the time of O'Brian's death at the age of 98, Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]] described him as the "dean" of the bar of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
'''John Lord O'Brian''' (October 14, 1874 – April 11, 1973) was an American lawyer who held public offices in the administrations of five U.S. presidents between 1909 and 1945.{{cite web|title=John Lord O'Brian|url=http://law.lib.buffalo.edu/collections/obrian/|website=SUNY Buffalo School of Law|accessdate=20 May 2016}} O'Brian has been recognized by scholars for his commitment to civil liberties.{{cite book|editor-last1=Newman|editor-first1=Roger K. |title=The Yale Biographical Dictionary of American Law|date=2009|publisher=Yale Univ. Press|location=New Haven, Conn.|isbn=978-0-300-11300-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/yalebiographical00newm/page/405 405]|url=https://archive.org/details/yalebiographical00newm/page/405}}{{cite book|last1=Kornweibel|first1=Theodore Jr.|title="Investigate Everything": Federal Efforts to Compel Black Loyalty During World War I|date=2002|publisher=Indiana Univ. Press|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=0-253-34009-8|page=38}} At the time of O'Brian's death at the age of 98, Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]] described him as the "dean" of the bar of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
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