Robert Tate Caldwell

Background

Caldwell, Robert Tate was born on May 7, 1882 in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States. Son of James Thomas and Annie (Read) Caldwell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 1903. Student Centre College Law School, 1906-1908.

Career

; married second, Ruth Turner, 1963. Admitted to Kentucky bar, 1908. Instructor and coach Selma Military Institute, 1908-1910.

Practiced in Louisville, 1910-1914. Assistant attorney general for Kentucky, 1914-1916. Chairman Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Board (author of Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Act), 1916-1918.

Private practice, Ashland, Kentucky, 1919. Member firm Caldwell, Van Antwerp, Welch & Hughes. Enlisted Field Artillery, 1918, commissioned captain, November 1918.

Adviser United States delegation International Labor Conference, 1935. Member National Conference of Commissioners Uniform State Laws (1944-1950). Trustee Pikeville College.

Membership

Member regional advisory conference National Labor Relations Board. Member Kentucky All Industries Wage Board, Kentucky Advisory Committee on Nuclear Energy. Member American, Kentucky (president 1934, 35), Boyd County bar associations, Order of Coif, Kappa Alpha (Southern).

Connections

Married Virginia B. Hoge, December 27, 1916 (deceased.; married second, Ruth Turner, 1963.

Father:

James Thomas Caldwell

Mother:

Annie (Read) Caldwell

Spouse:

Virginia B. Hoge

Spouse:

Ruth Turner