Lex Anteinternet: July 5, 1920 Delegations.

Sunday, July 5, 2020

July 5, 1920 Delegations.

James M. Cox was chosen by the delegates to the Democratic Party to be that party's nominee for President for the 1920 race. His running mate was Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Cox was the Governor of Ohio at the time, but he's best remembered today for being a newspaperman who founded Cox Enterprises. He lived until 1957.

On the same day, the Spa Conference in Spa, Belgium, commenced. The conference was between the victorious Allied powers of the Great War and Weimar Germany.

Allied delegates to the Spa Conference.

The topics were principally those associated with implementing the details of the Versailles Treaty.

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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