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Alexander Mitchell Palmer

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Alexander Mitchell Palmer

Birth
White Haven, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 May 1936 (aged 64)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA
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US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Pennsylvania's 26th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1909 to 1915. He was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as United States Attorney General in his second administration, serving from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids of November 1919 through January 1920, violating the civil liberties of thousands of immigrants who were assumed to be anarchists or communists.
US Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Pennsylvania's 26th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1909 to 1915. He was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson as United States Attorney General in his second administration, serving from 1919 to 1921. He is best known for overseeing the Palmer Raids of November 1919 through January 1920, violating the civil liberties of thousands of immigrants who were assumed to be anarchists or communists.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6810808/alexander_mitchell-palmer: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander Mitchell Palmer (4 May 1872–11 May 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6810808, citing Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.