Joseph H. Choate, Jr.
United States lawyer
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| Intro | United States lawyer | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | Lawyer | ||||||
| Work field | Law | ||||||
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| Birth | 2 February 1876 | ||||||
| Death | 19 January 1968 (aged 92 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Aquarius | ||||||
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Joseph Hodges Choate Jr. (February 2, 1876 – January 19, 1968) chaired the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers, a group established in 1927 that promoted the repeal of prohibition. Upon repeal in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt named Choate the first head of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration (FACA).
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He married Cora Oliver, daughter of General Robert Shaw Oliver in 1903. They had four children. He died in 1968. He graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School.
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One of Choate's very famous quotes was "You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them."