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Arthur Garfield Hays

American lawyer (1881–1954)

Arthur Garfield Hays (December 12, 1881 – December 14, 1954) was an American lawyer and champion of civil liberties issues, best known as a co-founder and general counsel^[1] of the American Civil Liberties Union and for participating in notable cases including the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

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66 Letter from Arthur Garfield Hays to JJ, 14 January 1927, carbon copy in private collection of author.

On Saint Patrick's Day, Arthur Garfield Hays addressed the Lodge on "Civil Liberties in America." Then on April 21, The Honorable Albert Ottinger, Attorney.

He was a member^[2] of the Committee of 48 and a contributor to The New Republic.^[2] In 1937, he headed an independent investigation of an incident in which 19 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in Ponce, Puerto Rico, when police fired at them.

His commission concluded the police had behaved as a mob and committed a massacre.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Early life and education

Arthur Garfield Hays was born on December 12, 1881, in Rochester, New York.

Three months earlier, the death of James A. Garfield had installed Chester A. Arthur in the U.S. presidency. His father and mother, both