Alexander Mitchell Palmer

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Alexander Mitchell Palmer was a U.S. Attorney General best known for leading the post–World War I "Palmer Raids" against suspected radicals during the Red Scare.

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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
United States Attorney General ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
birthDate 1872-05-04 ⓘ
birthPlace Moorestown, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
candidateInElection 1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1936-05-11 ⓘ
deathPlace Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
educatedAt Swarthmore College ⓘ
familyName Palmer ⓘ
fullName Alexander Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
knownFor aggressive prosecution of suspected radicals and anarchists ⓘ
legalBackground admitted to the Pennsylvania bar ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
movement First Red Scare ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
notableFor leading the Palmer Raids ⓘ
role in the First Red Scare in the United States ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEndTime 1921-03-04 ⓘ
officeHeld United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
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officeStartTime 1919-03-05 ⓘ
oversawEvent Palmer Raids ⓘ
positionHeld Alien Property Custodian of the United States ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Attorney General ⓘ
precededInOfficeBy Thomas Watt Gregory ⓘ
ranForOffice President of the United States ⓘ
religion Quaker ⓘ
representedDistrict Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district ⓘ
residence Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania

Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
spouse Mary Jeffreys ⓘ
succeededInOfficeBy Harry M. Daugherty ⓘ
termEndAsRepresentative 1915-03-03 ⓘ
termStartAsRepresentative 1909-03-04 ⓘ
workedAt private law practice in Pennsylvania ⓘ

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A. Mitchell Palmer → fullName → Alexander Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
Thomas Watt Gregory → successor → A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
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Alexander Mitchell Palmer → fullName → Alexander Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
Palmer Raids → namedAfter → A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
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Palmer Raids → coordinatedBy → A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
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1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries → mainCandidate → A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
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Harry M. Daugherty → precededBy → A. Mitchell Palmer as United States Attorney General ⓘ
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Roberta Dixon Palmer → spouse → A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
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1919 anarchist bombings → notableVictim → A. Mitchell Palmer ⓘ
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