Joseph H. Choate Jr.
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For his father, the U.S. lawyer and diplomat, see Joseph Hodges Choate.
Joseph Hodges Choate Jr. (February 2, 1876 – January 19, 1968), was an American lawyer who 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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Born | Joseph Hodges Choate Jr. (1876-02-02)February 2, 1876 |
Died | January 19, 1968(1968-01-19) (aged 91) Mount Kisco, New York, U.S. |
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Cora Lyman Oliver
(m. 1903; died 1955) |
Children | 4 |
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Awards | Legion of Honour |
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