William Irwin Grubb
Judge
1862 – 1935
Who was William Irwin Grubb?
William Irwin Grubb was a United States federal judge who struck down key portions of President Roosevelt’s New Deal. A Yale graduate, Grubb was a corporate lawyer in Birmingham, Alabama when he was appointed by President Taft in 1909 to fill a seat on the District Court for Northern Alabama. While Judge Grubb was a Democrat, President Hoover appointed him in 1929 to the Wickersham Commission to investigate the effectiveness of prohibition. He is still remembered as the only member of the Commission to oppose any modification to prohibition or its repeal. During the New Deal, Judge Grubb ruled against both the TVA and the NRA.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1862
Cincinnati - Education
- Yale University
- Bachelor of Arts
- Died
- Oct 27, 1935
Birmingham
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on July 23, 2013
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