This man abolished Oklahoma's grandfather clause in arguing Guinn v. U.S. as solicitor general, and he was the first president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
This man abolished Oklahoma's grandfather clause in arguing Guinn v. U.S. as solicitor general, and he was the first president of the Council on Foreign Relations. He scored a major legal victory that limited the President's right to seize private property as counsel for the steel industry in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. vs. Sawyer. He was nominated for president in a bizarre convention, during which radio listeners tuned in to hear an enthusiastic Alabama delegation yelling "UNDERWOOD!" during each round of balloting. He suffered defeat in his defense of South Carolina's educational policies in Briggs v. Elliot, a companion case to Brown v. Board of Education. He was nominated for president after a standoff between William McAdoo and Al Smith, and he ran alongside Charles W. Bryan in an election that saw Robert La Follette carry Wisconsin. For 10 points, name this man who was the Democratic nominee for president in 1924 against Calvin Coolidge.
This man abolished Oklahoma's grandfather clause in arguing Guinn v. U.S. as solicitor general, and he was the first president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
John William {Davis}