Lloyd Wheaton Bowers

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Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (born March 9, 1859 in Springfield , Massachusetts , † September 9, 1910 in Boston , Massachusetts) was an American lawyer and United States Solicitor General .

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After attending school, he studied between 1875 and 1879 at Yale University , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA). During this time he also became a member of the student connection Skull & Bones . A subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Law School of Columbia University , he finished in 1882. He then worked as a lawyer and initially an employee and then from 1882 to 1884 partner of the law firm Chamberlain, Carter & Hornblower. Later he was chief adviser to the railway company between 1893 and 1909 Chicago and North Western Railway .

In April 1909, Lloyd Bowers was appointed Solicitor General by US President William Howard Taft . Bowers was a longtime political companion, collaborator and confidante of the newly elected president. He held the third most senior position in the United States Department of Justice until his death in September 1910.

On October 17, 1914, his daughter Martha married Robert A. Taft , the son of William Howard Taft.

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SURNAME Bowers, Lloyd Wheaton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and United States Solicitor General
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Springfield , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1910
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts