Background
Fitts, William Cochran was born on January 29, 1866 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Philip A. (Doctor of Divinity) and Sophia (Cochran) F.
Fitts, William Cochran was born on January 29, 1866 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Son of Philip A. (Doctor of Divinity) and Sophia (Cochran) F.
Graduate special course Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1884. Bachelor of Laws, University of Alabama, 1886. Studied University Virginia Law Department, summer 1886.
Doctor of Laws, Southwestern University, Memphis, 1927.
Fitts & Leigh, 1901-1911, Birmingham, 1911-1914, as Harsh & Fitts. Special assistant to attorney general of the United States, 1914-1917, assistant attorney general of the United States, 1917-1919. Member Mooney, Fitts & Rowe, New York City, since 1919.
Special counsel Reconstruction Finance Corporation, since 1933.
Attorney general of Alabama 2 terms, 1894-1898. Commissioner of endowment University of Alabama, 1898-1901.
Member Constitutional Convention of Alabama, 1901 Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1932.
Member Mooney, Fitts & Rowe, New York City, since 1919. Member Constitutional Convention of Alabama, 1901 Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1932. Member Alpha Tau Omega.
Club: University (Washington).
Married Eleanor Hewitt, April. Children: Mistress Harriet F. Ryan, Mistress Holland F. Garner, Eleanor, William C. Practiced at Tuscaloosa, Alabama.