Paul Vories McNutt19 July 1891 - 24 Mar. 1955
From Settlement to Sesquicentennial
Paul Vories McNutt
19 July 1891 - 24 Mar. 1955
Paul V. McNutt was born in Franklin, Indiana. The family moved to Martinsville in 1899, and McNutt practiced law there after graduating from Harvard Law School. He served as an officer during World War I. McNutt was elected Governor of Indiana on the Democratic ticket in November 1932. In 1940, he ran for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States, but was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt. McNutt was the first U.S. Ambassador to the Phillipines (1946-1947). He then retired from public service and resumed the practice of law. His published works include a law text as well as short historical pieces on Vincennes history.
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Select Bibliography
Father Pierre Gibault. Vincennes, 1934. [ISL call number: Ip 977.201 K74 no.
11, no. 3]
Indiana General Corporation Law and Companion Acts, with Explanatory Notes by
Frederick E. Schortemeier and Paul V. McNutt. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill
Co., 1929. [ISL call number: I 380 I385s]
Vincennes and the Old Northwest; A Memorial Commemorating the Winning of the Old Northwest and the Achievements of George Rogers Clark and His Associates in the War of the American Revolution. Vincennes, 1933.
[ISL call number: Ip 977.201 K74 no. 11]
Sherman Minton
20 Oct. 1890 - 9 Apr. 1965
Sherman Minton was born in Georgetown, Floyd County, Indiana. In 1915, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing in New Albany, Indiana. After practicing in New Albany for ten years, Minton moved to Miami, Florida, where he practiced for three years before returning to Indiana. In 1933, he became public counselor of Indiana. Two years later, he was elected to the U.S. Senate and served for three terms (1935-1941). In 1949, Harry S Truman appointed Minton to the U.S. Supreme Court. His Senate speeches on the topic of judicial reorganization were published.
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Bibliography
Reorganization of Federal Judiciary; speeches of Hon. Sherman Minton of Indiana
in the Senate of the United States, July 8 and 9, 1937. Washington, D.C.:
Government Printing Office, 1937.
Charles Washington Moores, Jr.
15 Feb. 1862 - 7 Dec. 1923
Charles W. Moores, Jr. was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He practiced law in Indianapolis and lectured at the Indiana Law School. Moores was greatly involved in education, a passion inherited from his family. He was a member of the Indianapolis School Board from 1900 to 1909, serving as Vice-President from 1903 to 1908 and President from 1908 to 1909. Some of his literary works were educational books for children. He was also fond of Abraham Lincoln as a topic for his writing.
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Bibliography
Caleb Mills and the Indiana School System. Indianapolis: Wood-Weaver Print
Co., 1905. [ISL call number: I 923 M821]
The Career of a Country Lawyer; Abraham Lincoln. 1910.
[ISL Manuscript Section,
S982]
The History of Indiana. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1916.
[ISL call number: I 977.2 M825h]
Life of Abraham Lincoln for Boys and Girls. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1909. [ISL call number: I 923 L736mo]
The Life of Christopher Columbus, for Boys and Girls. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1912.
[ISL call number: I 923 C726m2]
Lincoln: Addresses and Letters. New York: American Book Co., 1914. [ISL call number: I 923 L736Lm]
The Story of Christopher Columbus. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1912. [ISL
call number: I 923 C726m]
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