Lawyers

Senator Burton called with the qualifications of J. H. Richards of Fort Scott, Kansas.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-11-16

A well-dressed Robert Green Ingersoll carries two large bags of money labeled “Counsel Fees” as he departs the “Washington Court House.” Exiting on the right side, wearing tattered clothing, are defendants Thomas Jefferson Brady and Stephen Wallace Dorsey.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-06-20

Robert Green Ingersoll, attorney in the Star Route trials, pumps Montfort C. Rerdell, depicted as a pump, for more “Evidence” as Thomas Jefferson Brady and Stephen Wallace Dorsey stand in the “Prisoners Box.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1883-03-07

Print shows a ship labeled “Wrecked Corporation” and “Insurance Co. Bankrupt” that has wrecked on rocks with a darkened lighthouse labeled “Trust” and “Justice” nearby. The light has been snuffed by “Judge” and “Corruption.” Victims of the wreck, some clinging to the ship, others in the water, are labeled “Policy Holder” and “Pillaged Policy Holder.” A rope from the ship to shore is held by a “Receiver,” a “Lawyer,” and a “Shore Shark,” and is coiled around a money bag labeled “Fee.” Another “Lawyer,” using a gaff, reaches for a barrel labeled “Fees” that bobs in the water near the ship. Standing near the lighthouse is a man labeled “Referee” who is holding a pan labeled “False Beacon” that spews illuminated smoke labeled “By Order of the Court.” The man burns papers labeled “Waste, Outrageous Extravagance, Extortion, [and] Cost.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1882-03-15

A horde of lawyers uses various cutting implements to carve a large turkey labeled “Income Tax Litigation” and hauls away pieces for themselves.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1913-11-19

Fagin from the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, labeled “Corporation Lawyer,” watches as his protégé, Oliver Twist, labeled “Public Service Corporation,” picks the pocket of Uncle Sam on a city sidewalk. Caption: Instructor in the art of stealing and getting away with it.

comments and context

Comments and Context

Public Service Commissions sprang up through the United States in 1907, the result of enabling and supportive measures included in reform legislation passed by Congress in 1906; and successful programs in states like Wisconsin.

On the left, a woman walks on a street in the “Red Light District.” A policeman stands on the corner watching her. On the right, several men sit in chairs in front of place-markers on the wall that describe each person: “Orator and Politician. Will sell myself to the highest bidder,” “Editorial Writer. Views that I don’t believe in. For sale,” “College Professor. Education directed to please those who have the money,” “Cartoonist for sale to any party (Depending on the price),” “Minister. Sermons to please those who pay the pew rent,” and a “Law[yer].” Caption: Which is the greater evil – the woman of the streets or these mental prostitutes?

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1911-12-20

Theodore Roosevelt is heartened by the advice from General Tracey regarding William S. Cowles’s divorce. Tracey disagrees with the view of lawyer Cleveland and wonders if Tracey should meet with the lawyer. Roosevelt thanks Anna for the clippings she sent and says that despite all the opposition, he has managed to get the saloons closed on Sundays.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1895-08-26

Theodore Roosevelt discusses the issue of sister Anna Roosevelt’s fiance’s divorce and thinks it is good she talked to a lawyer named Tracey. He inquires if they will marry in London or back home.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1895-08-21

Theodore Roosevelt does not know how else to advise his sister Anna Roosevelt regarding her fiance’s problems with his divorce. The lawyer Cleveland advises Anna and Cowles not to marry yet and come home to deal with the problem.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1895-08-05

Theodore Roosevelt informs his sister Anna Roosevelt that it does appear her fiance’s divorce would hold up in court and she can marry him and live in California. He asks if she would like him to see another lawyer about the matter.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1895-07-23

Theodore Roosevelt wishes Frank R. Bender to meet with his lawyer and then with him, for the purpose of “driving [William] Barnes from politics.” Barnes was the Republican state chairman for New York and was suing Roosevelt for libel.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1914-08-06

A list of lawyers and jurists selected by President Roosevelt to be delegates to the Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists in St. Louis.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-09

Judge Parker provides his opinion on James F. Tracey for Secretary of War Root. He points out that Tracey has a very good reputation in the community, but that he does not have much courtroom experience. His reputation in Albany is fair because they do not like lawyers who are not in the courtroom. Although he is a Democrat, Tracey voted for President William McKinley. His wife also has a good reputation and her father was on the King’s Bench in Montreal.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-12-15

Attorney General Knox is investigating whether United States District Attorney Summers of Nebraska should be reappointed, as well as Summers’ involvement in a grand jury investigation into official dealings with the Winnebago Indians.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-06-13