Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1881, July 10 | Born, Knoxville, Tenn. |
| 1901 | B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1904 | LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1904 | Admitted to Illinois bar |
| 1904-1933 | Law Firm, Richberg, Ickes and Richberg, Illinois |
| 1912 | Adviser to Theodore Roosevelt organizing Progressive Party |
| 1913-1914 | Director, Reference Bureau of the Progressive Party |
| 1913-1915 | Special assistant to state’s attorney, Illinois |
| 1915-1927 | Special counsel to city of Chicago, Ill., in gas litigation |
| 1916-1919 | Master in chancery, Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill. |
| 1922-1932 | Counsel for Conference on Valuation of Railroads |
| 1926 | Chief author of Railway Labor Act |
| 1926-1933 | Counsel for Railway Labor Executives Association |
| 1929-1933 | Special assistant attorney general of Arizona |
| 1930 | Defended Railway Labor Act before United States Supreme Court |
| 1932 | Special adviser to Senate Judiciary Committee on drafting Morris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Bill |
| 1932 | Adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt during presidential campaign |
| 1933 | Adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in formulating National Industrial Recovery Act |
| 1933-1935 | General counsel and later director of National Recovery Administration |
| 1935-1936 | Special assistant to attorney general |
| 1936-1960 | Member, law firm of Davies, Richberg, Tydings, Beebe and Landa, Washington, D.C. |
| 1960, Nov. 27 | Died, Charlottesville, Va. |