Background
He was born to a wealthy horse breading family and long considered himself to be a gentleman farmer.
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He was born to a wealthy horse breading family and long considered himself to be a gentleman farmer.
He graduated with a law degree from Lafayette College in 1917.
He was the longtime City Solicitor of Philadelphia and a key fixture in the last days of the city"s dying Republican machine. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1940. In 1953, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Attorney General"s office.
He did not run for a full term, but instead sought the position of Lieutenant Governor in 1954.
He was involved in the circulation of a McCarthyist loyalty oath while serving as Attorney General. In 1956, he was a prosecutor on the case against communist organizer Steve Nelson.
Truscott was an outspoken opponent of Communism.