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About Arthur A. Birney
- Arthur Alexis Birney (May 28, 1852 – September 4, 1916) was an American lawyer who served as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1893 to 1897. Birney was born in Paris to a prominent political family.
- His grandfather James G.
- Birney was a Southern abolitionist leader and twice candidate for President of the United States.
- His father William Birney and his uncle David B.
- Birney were both Union generals in the Civil War, and another uncle, James M.
- Birney, was Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. Birney graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and moved to Washington, D.C., in 1873, where he soon became an Assistant United States Attorney.
- He later became the U.S.
- Attorney in 1893 and helped prosecute the Sugar Trust Case.
- After leaving the U.S.
- Attorney's office in 1897, he aided in the prosecution of Senator William A.
- Clark of Montana under the direction of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, which resulted in the senator’s resignation.
- Birney died of heart failure on September 4, 1916, while playing golf at the Washington Country Club in Virginia.
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