born Feb. 13, 1892, Spring Creek, Pa., U.S.
died Oct. 9, 1954, Washington, D.C.
U.S. jurist.
He pleaded his first case while still a minor and was a lawyer by age 21. He became corporation counsel for Jamestown, N.Y. As general counsel for the U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue (1934), he successfully prosecuted Franklin Roosevelt to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he served until 1954. He infused his well-worded opinions with a blend of liberalism and nationalism. In 1945–46 he served as chief U.S. prosecutor in the {{link=N%C3%BCrnberg trials">Nürnberg trials .