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Cummings, Homer

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Cummings, Homer (Stillé) (1870–1956)

US attorney general and author. He was named attorney general 1933–39 by President Franklin Roosevelt. During his tenure, one of the longest in that office, he established uniform rules of procedure in federal courts. He and Roosevelt backed the failed ‘court-packing plan’ to increase Supreme Court justices.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was known as an incisive, courtroom lawyer, as well as an astute and loyal supporter of Democratic candidates. He was the author of several books and a golf enthusiast.



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