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Palmer (MITCHELL Attorney- General)

A. MITCHELL, Attorney- General of the United States. Born in Pennsylvania in 1872; graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891. Admitted to A. MITCHELL PALMER the bar in 1893, and practiced law in his home town of Stroudsburg, Pa. In 1909 he was elected Congressman on the Democratic ticket from the 26th Pennsylvania District, and held that office un- Vol. VII-Cyc ernment to reduce the high cost of living by prosecuting profiteering wherever it showed itself. When the coal miners struck in 1919 the Attorney-General had the United States Court at Indianapolis issue an injunction compelling the strike leaders to recall their order. This action was bitterly assailed by the leaders of the American Federation of Labor and by union men generally. Early in 1920 Mr. Palmer announced himself a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President to succeed President Wilson, but failed of nomination.