A. Mitchell Palmer Biography

A. Mitchell Palmer biography

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NAME: Alexander Mitchell Palmer
OCCUPATION: Lawyer, U.S. Representative, Government Official
BIRTH DATE: May 04, 1872
DEATH DATE: May 11, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH: Moosehead, Pennsylvania

PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.

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A. Mitchell Palmer was a U.S. attorney general who used the espionage and sedition acts to attack political radicals during the “Red Scare” period.

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A. Mitchell Palmer was born May 4, 1872, Moosehead, Pa. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1909 to 1915 and helped secure the Democratic Party presidential nomination for Woodrow Wilson in 1912. Appointed U.S. attorney general in 1919, Palmer used the espionage and sedition acts to attack political radicals, dissidents, and aliens in the “Red Scare” period following World War I.