Olney, Richard

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Born: Sep 15, 1835 AD
Died: 1917 AD, at 81 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Politician


1835 - Born on the 15th of September in Oxford, Massachusetts.

1856 - He studied at Brown University and Harvard Law School.

1859 - He began practicing law in Boston, and attained a high position at the bar.

1874 - He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

1893 - He became a U.S. Attorney General. During the Pullman Strike.

1894 - He instructed the District Attorneys to secure from the Federal Courts Wrist of Injunctions restraining the strikers from acts of violence.

1895 - He quickly elevated U.S. foreign diplomatic posts to the title of Embassy.

1917 - He died on the 8th of April in Boston, Massachusetts.
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