John Lord O'Brian
| John Lord O'Brian | |
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| United States Attorney for the Western District of New York | |
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In office 1909–1914 |
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| Nominated by | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Lyman M. Bass |
| Succeeded by | Stephen T. Lockwood |
| Special Assistant Attorney General, War Emergency Division, U.S. Department of Justice | |
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In office 1917–1919 |
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| Nominated by | Woodrow Wilson |
| Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice | |
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In office 1929–1933 |
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| Nominated by | Herbert Hoover |
| General Counsel, War Production Board | |
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In office 1941–1944 |
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| Nominated by | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 14, 1874 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 1973 (aged 98) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Washington National Cathedral |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University University of Buffalo Law School |
| Religion | Episcopalianism |
John Lord O'Brian (October 14, 1874 – April 11, 1973) was a prominent American lawyer who held public offices in the administrations of five U.S. presidents between 1909 and 1945. O'Brian has been recognized by scholars for his commitment to civil liberties. 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 was born in Buffalo, New York. He attended public schools there before matriculating to Harvard College. After receiving a bachelor of arts (A.B.) degree from Harvard in 1896, O'Brian returned to his hometown and received a bachelor of laws (L.L.B.) degree from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1898.
O'Brian's career in public office began at the age of 32, when he was elected as a Republican candidate to represent Buffalo in the New York State Assembly in the election of November 1906. While in the State Assembly, O'Brian was considered a consistent supporter of Governor Charles Evan Hughes, Sr.
Hughes recommended O'Brian to President Theodore Roosevelt for the position of United States Attorney for the Western District of New York; O'Brian left the State Assembly to take that position in 1909. O'Brian served as the U.S. Attorney throughout the subsequent administration of President William Howard Taft. O'Brian also continued in that office into the administration of Democratic President Woodrow Wilson, thus beginning a bipartisan path of serving as an appointed office holder under both Republican and Democratic administrations. In his role as the federal government's principal attorney in western New York, O'Brian in 1913 filed an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the Eastman Kodak Company was maintaining an unlawful monopoly on photographic films and equipment.
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