Arthur Garfield Hays

December 12, 1881 (age 73)

Rochester, New York, United States

Frances; married second, Aline Davis Fleisher, June 12, 1924;Darline. Admitted to New York bar, 1905, and began practice at New York City. Member Hays, Saint John, Abramson & Schulman, New York City. Practiced international law in London, World War, 1914-1915. Active in many cases involving civil liberties. In opening up closed towns during coal strike in Pennsylvania, 1922. Scopes case in Tennessee, 1925. Sweet case, Detroit, involving Negro segregation, 1925. Case of Senator Wheeler, Washington, 1925. American Mercury case, Boston, 1926. Countess Cathcart immigration case. Sacco-Vanzetti case, 1927. Appeared for defendants in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany, charged with burning of Reichstag, 1933. Conducted investigation (1937) of civil liberties in Puerto Rico. Chairman Progressive Party state campaign, New York, 1924. National director American Civil Liberties Union.

Arthur Garfield Hays

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Background

Hays, Arthur Garfield was born on December 12, 1881 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Isaac M. and Laura (Garson) Hays.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1902, Master of Arts, 1905, Bachelor of Laws, 1905.

Career

Frances; married second, Aline Davis Fleisher, June 12, 1924;Darline. Admitted to New York bar, 1905, and began practice at New York City. Member Hays, Saint John, Abramson & Schulman, New York City.

Practiced international law in London, World War, 1914-1915.

Active in many cases involving civil liberties. In opening up closed towns during coal strike in Pennsylvania, 1922.

Scopes case in Tennessee, 1925. Sweet case, Detroit, involving Negro segregation, 1925.

Case of Senator Wheeler, Washington, 1925.

American Mercury case, Boston, 1926. Countess Cathcart immigration case. Sacco-Vanzetti case, 1927.

Appeared for defendants in Berlin and Leipzig, Germany, charged with burning of Reichstag, 1933.

Conducted investigation (1937) of civil liberties in Puerto Rico. Chairman Progressive Party state campaign, New York, 1924.

National director American Civil Liberties Union.

Achievements

Arthur Garfield Hays has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member New York State and New York County bar associations, Association of Bar of City of New New York

Connections

Married Blanche Marks, 1908. Married second, Aline Davis Fleisher, June 12, 1924.

Father:: Isaac M. Hays
Mother:: Laura (Garson) Hays
Spouse:: Aline Davis Fleisher
Spouse:: Blanche Marks

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