Jacob McGavock Dickinson

Jacob McGavock Dickinson (born January 30, 1851 in Columbus , Lowndes County , Mississippi , † December 13, 1928 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ) who served as Secretary of War in the Cabinet from 1909 to 1911 Belonged to President William Howard Taft .

Career

Dickinson enlisted in the Confederate Army cavalry when he was 14 years old . Then he moved to Nashville with his family. There he received his doctorate in 1871 at the University of Nashville and received his master's degree in 1872. He briefly studied law at Columbia University and continued his studies abroad in Leipzig and Paris . In 1874 Dickinson was admitted to the bar in Tennessee, and in 1876 he married Martha Overton.

Dickinson was President of the Tennessee Bar Association from 1889 to 1893. He was Assistant Attorney General of the United States from 1895 to 1897. He then worked from 1897 to 1899 as a lawyer for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad . Eventually he moved to Chicago in 1899 and became the legal director of the Illinois Central Railroad , a position he held from 1899-1901. Dickinson later became a public defense lawyer for the railroad, which he remained from 1901 to 1909. He was a criminal defense attorney for the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903 and president of the American Bar Association from 1907 to 1908. Dickinson helped establish the American Society of International Law , served on its executive board from 1907 to 1910 and vice president in 1910.

From March 12, 1909 to May 21, 1911, Dickinson was US Secretary of War in the Taft Cabinet . During his tenure, he proposed a legislative initiative to allow admission for foreign students to West Point Military Academy . He also recommended an annual old-age pension for employees in the administrative service. He also suggested that Congress consider stopping pay for soldiers who were unfit for service for sexual illness or alcoholism as a means of addressing those problems.

After serving as Secretary of War, Dickinson became Assistant Attorney General and helped prosecute US Steel in 1913 . He was also involved in some important union cases in 1922. He later became the bankruptcy administrator of Rock Island Lines from 1915 to 1917 and was President of the Izaak Walton League from 1927 until his death in Nashville in 1928.

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SURNAME	Dickinson, Jacob McGavock
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 30, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Columbus , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH	December 13, 1928
Place of death	Nashville , Tennessee