Thomas E. Dewey papers
Biographical/Historical note
CHRONOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY
March 24, 1902: Born in Owosso, Michigan
1919-23: Attended University of Michigan, Graduated A. B.
1923-25: Attended Columbia University Law School, Graduated LL. B.
1925-27: Associate of Larkin, Rathbone and Perry law firm
1926: Admitted to Bar of New York
1927-31: Associate of MacNamara and Seymour law firm
1931-33: Chief Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
1933: United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
1934-35: Private law practice
1934: Counsel to Association of the Bar of New York
1935-37: Special Prosecutor, Investigation of organized crime
1938-43: District Attorney of New York County
1938: Republican Candidate for Governor of New York State
1943-1955: Governor of New York State
1944, 1948: Republican Candidate for President of the United States; Defeated by Roosevelt in 1944 and Truman in 1948
1955-1971: Member of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer and Wood law firm
March 16, 1971: Died.
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- Title
- Thomas E. Dewey papers
- Status
- In Progress
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- Finding aid prepared by Rare Books and Special Collections staff
- Date
- undated
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023: The finding aid for the Thomas E. Dewey papers underwent a substantial revision from 2020-2023 in order to incorporate a large amount of information about the materials which had previously been kept in a separate database. The ingestion of this information necessitated that the boxes be re-numbered with unique numbers. A correspondence list of old and new box numbers is linked elsewhere in this finding aid. An amount of previously unprocessed material has also been cleared up and described in this updated finding aid.
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