Background
Howe, Wirt was born on November 15, 1875 in New Orleans. Son of William Wirt and Frances and Amelia (Gridley) Howe.
Howe, Wirt was born on November 15, 1875 in New Orleans. Son of William Wirt and Frances and Amelia (Gridley) Howe.
Bachelor of Arts, Tulane University, 1895. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1896, Bachelor of Laws, 1899. Unmarried.
Admitted to New York bar, 1899. Practiced in New York City, successively with Seward, Guthrie & Steele, Delafleld & Howe, Delafield, Howe & Burleigh, 1899-1919. Member of the board of contract adjustment, Department of War, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919-1920.
Assistant counsel United States Shipping Board Bureau, 1922-1933.
A principal attorney Tennessee Valley Authority, since 1933.
Mason.