how did attorney general thomas w gregory and other federal officials regard

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Who appointed Gregory as Attorney General?

In 1914, US President Woodrow Wilson appointed him US Attorney General, an office that Gregory until 1919. Despite a continuing commitment to progressive reform, Gregory provoked enormous controversy performance as attorney general because of his collaboration with Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson and others in orchestrating a campaign to crush domestic dissent during World War I .

Who was Thomas Gregory?

University of Texas, Austin ( LLB) 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 .

Where was Gregory born?

Early life. Gregory was born in Crawfordsville, Mississippi. He graduated from the Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee) in 1881 and Southwestern Presbyterian University in 1883, and was a special student at the University of Virginia. Gregory entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1884 and graduated a year later with a degree in law.

Education

Gregory received his undergraduate degree from the University of the Pacific. He went on to earn his J.D. from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1994.

Elections

Nevada held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on June 14, 2016. Incumbent Thomas Gregory ran unopposed in the Nevada Judicial District 9 general election for Department 2.

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Footnotes

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From Robert Lansing

I feel that we cannot wait much longer to act in the cases of Boy-Ed, von Papen, and von Nuber.

From Walter Hines Page

London, Feb. 24, 1917,#N#5747. My fifty-seven-forty-six,#N#February 24, 8 a.m.

Counterintelligence: Pre-World War I

The first federal domestic counterintelligence program originated shortly before the United States entered World War I in 1917. The initial threat perceived by federal officials was the activity of German agents, including sabotage and espionage directed at the United States in the period before America entered the war.

Counterintelligence In World War I

Shortly after the declaration of war, Congress considerably strengthened the legal basis for federal investigations by enacting the Espionage Act of 1917, the Selective Service and Training Act, and other statutes designed to use criminal sanctions to assist the war effort.

War Department General Order

26 August 1918#N#This order reestablished the Military Intelligence Division (MID), General Staff when it re-formed the General Staff into four divisions designated: Operations; Military Intelligence; Purchase, Storage and Traffic; and Plans. Appointed to head the reestablished MID was Col. Marlborough Churchill.

From Albert Sidney Burleson

I am this moment in receipt of your letter of date November 27th in which you express the opinion that the mail censorship is no longer performing a necessary function. I thoroughly concur in the view expressed and shall accept your letter as a direction to me to bring same to an end.

From Newton Diehl Baker

It is suggested that in view of the armistice, it would be advisable to modify the Executive Order of September 26, 1918, concerning the censorship of submarine cables, telegraph and telephone lines as far as it affects the telegraphic and telephonic censorship.