Watkins, Edgar, 1868-1945
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Birth Date
- 1868-07-31
Death Date
- 1945-08-22
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1892
- Affiliation End: 1893
- Organization: Carrollton (Ga.). County Attorney
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- Affiliation Start: 1902
- Affiliation End: 1903
- Organization: Houston (Tex.)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1904
- Affiliation End: 1905
- Organization: Houston Independent School District (Tex.). Board of Education
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1914
- Affiliation End: 1917
- Organization: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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- Affiliation Start: 1922
- Affiliation End: 1923
- Organization: Atlanta (Ga.)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Watkins & Watkins
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- Affiliation Start: 1944
- Affiliation End: 1945
- Organization: Georgia. Special Counsel
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Yanjing da xue
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- Organization: American Judicature Society
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- Organization: American Law Institute
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- Organization: International Law Association
Has Affiliation
- Organization: National Economic League (U.S.)
Birth Place
- Campbell County (Ga.)
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- found: Shippers and carriers of interstate and intrastate freight, 1916:title page (Edgar Watkins, LL.B., of the Atlanta bar)
- found: Who was who in America, 1943-1950(Watkins, Edgar; lawyer; born Campbell County, Ga., July 31, 1868; prep. education, Hutchinson Institute, Whitesburg, Ga.; LL.B., University of George, 1889; LL.D., Ohio Northern University, 1922; admitted to Georgia bar, 1889 and began practice at Carrollton; moved to Houston, Texas, 1896, then to Atlanta, Ga., 1907; county attorney Carroll County, Ga, 1892, 1893; alderman, Houston, 1902, 1903; president, Board of Education, Houston, 1904-1905; attorney, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C., 1914-1917; alderman, Atlanta, 1922-1923; attorney for 8 Southern States in interterritorial Commodity Rate Case; now member of firm Watkins & Watkins; appointed to special assistant to Attorney General to hear appeals of conscientious objectors under the Selective Service Act; Special Counsel State of Georgia, 1944-1945; president board of trustees and chairman executive committee, Oglethorpe University; American trustee Yenching University, Peiping, China; member American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, International Law Association, National Council of National Economic League; home and office: Atlanta, Georgia; died August 22, 1945)
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- 2007-02-03: new
- 2021-10-15: revised
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