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{{Short description|54th U.S. Attorney General}}
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▲| president = [[Herbert Hoover]]
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|predecessor = [[John G. Sargent]]
| term_end = March 4, 1933▼
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▲| office2 = Solicitor General of the United States
▲| president2 = [[Calvin Coolidge]]
▲| term_start2 = June 4, 1925
▲| term_end2 = March 4, 1929
▲| predecessor2 = [[James M. Beck]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1874|9|9}}
▲| successor2 = [[Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.]]
|birth_place = [[Winona, Minnesota]], U.S.
▲|birth_name = William DeWitt Mitchell
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▲| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|battles = [[Spanish–American War]]<br>[[World War I]]
▲| spouse = Gertrude Bancroft Mitchell
|branch = [[United States Army]]
▲| children = William<br/>Bancroft
|rank = [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]
▲| alma_mater = [[Yale University]]<br/>[[University of Minnesota]]<br/>[[University of Minnesota Law School]]
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'''William DeWitt Mitchell''' (September 9, 1874{{spaced ndash}}August 24, 1955) was
==Early life and education==
Mitchell was born in [[Winona, Minnesota]]
[[File:Time-magazine-cover-william-mitchell.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] magazine cover of William D. Mitchell, (January 27, 1930).]]▼
▲At that point he transferred to the [[University of Minnesota]], where he received his [[A.B.]] degree in 1895 and was a brother of the [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] fraternity (Phi Epsilon chapter). He received his [[LL.B.]] degree from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]] in 1896, and was admitted to the Minnesota bar to begin practicing law in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]]. He married the former Gertrude Bancroft on June 27, 1901. They had two sons: William and Bancroft Mitchell.
==Career==
▲[[File:Time-magazine-cover-william-mitchell.jpg|thumb|left
He formed the law firm of ''How, Taylor & Mitchell'', which became prominent in the Midwest. This prestige allowed Mitchell access to both the regional council of the U.S. Railroad Administration in 1919, and then he served as chairman of the Citizens Charter Committee of St. Paul in 1922.
===Military service===
Combined with Mitchell's service as an infantry officer during the [[Spanish–American War]] and [[World War I]], this placed him in position to be appointed to the position of [[Solicitor General of the United States]]. Having served well in his position, President Hoover was to appointed him [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General of the United States]] from March 4, 1929, and he held that office until March 4, 1933, one of his principal acts having been to order the Bonus Army dispersed and their camp destroyed.▼
He served as a line officer with the 15th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment and later an acting judge advocate for the United States Second Army Corps during the [[Spanish–American War]].<ref name="Bio1">[http://www.minnesotalegalhistoryproject.org/assets/Wm%20D.%20Mitchell%20Bar%20Memorials=KLK.pdf Microsoft Word - Wm D. Mitchell]</ref><ref name="Bio2">[https://books.google.com/books?id=cNQ6AQAAIAAJ&dq=William+Dewitt+Mitchell+military+service+spanish+american+war&pg=PA67 Biographical Sketches of the Attorneys General]</ref> From 1899 to 1901 he was an engineer officer for the 3rd Brigade of the [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]] and later adjutant for the 4th Infantry Regiment of the [[Minnesota Army National Guard]].<ref name="Bio2" /> During the First World War he served with the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota Army National Guard and later served at [[Camp Taylor, Louisville|Camp Taylor, Kentucky]] until the war was over. He reached the rank of Colonel.<ref name="Bio1" /><ref name="Bio2" />
===Government service===
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==Later career==
Mitchell then settled in [[New York City]] where he practiced law. He was named chairman of the ''Committee on Federal Rules of Civil Procedure'', and chief counsel of the joint congressional committee investigating the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].
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