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Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.<ref name=chicagotribune>New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040085-story.html HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> | Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.<ref name=chicagotribune>New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040085-story.html HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> | ||
| − | An outspoken opponent of [[communist]] sedition, Brownell recommended to Eisenhower in 1953 that calls to give clemency to [[Julius Rosenberg|Julius]] and [[Ethel Rosenberg]] be rejected.<ref name=chicagotribune/> The Rosenbergs were ultimately executed for conspiring to hand U.S. nuclear secrets to the [[Soviet Union]]. However, Brownell also worked secretly to undermine [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/brownell-herbert-jr Brownell, Herbert, Jr.]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> a Wisconsin Republican senator who exposed communist infiltration of the [[United States State Department]] and the [[U.S. Army]]. | + | An outspoken opponent of [[communist]] sedition, Brownell recommended to Eisenhower in 1953 that calls to give clemency to [[Julius Rosenberg|Julius]] and [[Ethel Rosenberg]] be rejected.<ref name=chicagotribune/> The Rosenbergs were ultimately executed for conspiring to hand U.S. nuclear secrets to the [[Soviet Union]]. However, Brownell also worked secretly to undermine the "excesses" of [[Joseph McCarthy]],<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/brownell-herbert-jr Brownell, Herbert, Jr.]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> a Wisconsin Republican senator who exposed communist infiltration of the [[United States State Department]] and the [[U.S. Army]]. |
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Revision as of 02:35, July 7, 2021
Herbert Brownell, Jr. (February 20, 1904 – May 1, 1996) was a lawyer and Republican civil rights hero from New York who served as the United States Attorney General under the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was previously the chair of the Republican National Committee during the mid-1940s, and a state representative preceding that.
Political career
Eisenhower Administration
Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.[1]
An outspoken opponent of communist sedition, Brownell recommended to Eisenhower in 1953 that calls to give clemency to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg be rejected.[1] The Rosenbergs were ultimately executed for conspiring to hand U.S. nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. However, Brownell also worked secretly to undermine the "excesses" of Joseph McCarthy,[2] a Wisconsin Republican senator who exposed communist infiltration of the United States State Department and the U.S. Army.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ↑ Brownell, Herbert, Jr.. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
External links
- Profile at Find a Grave