Joseph H. Choate, Jr.

Joseph H. Choate, Jr.

Lawyer Joseph H. Choate, Jr. (1887 – 1968) 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).

Quotes

One of Choate's very famous quotes was "You cannot live without lawyers, and certainly you cannot die without them."


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