Edward F. Prichard
Edward Fretwell Prichard Jr. (January 21, 1915 – December 23, 1984) was an American New Dealer and member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain's trust".
Early life and career
Prichard was born in Kentucky to a prosperous horse breeder and local politician in Paris, Kentucky. He entered Princeton University at 16, graduating at the top of his class and becoming a protégé of Felix Frankfurter at Harvard Law School. A year after Frankfurter's appointment to the United States Supreme Court, Prichard became his law clerk, later becoming general counsel for the Democratic Party, joining the circle of young intellectuals crusading for President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
Prichard held many positions in Roosevelt's administration, including in the Justice Department, the War Production Board and the Treasury Department. By the age of 30, Prichard was a White House assistant to the President.
Prichard opened a law firm in Paris after returning to Kentucky in 1945. In 1949, he was convicted of conspiracy involving ballot box stuffing and was sentenced to two years in prison.
Later career
After his time in prison, Prichard worked with numerous Kentucky governors as a speechwriter, political strategist, or advisor.
Joseph L. Rauh Jr., founder of Americans for Democratic Action, said of Prichard that, out of all the "brain-trusters" of the New Deal, the "two men most likely to succeed, to become president of the United States, were Philip Graham and Ed Prichard." A sentiment shared by Arthur Schlesinger.[1]
Death
Prichard died at the age of 69, just one day before his 70th birthday, in December of 1984 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
Prichard had been left virtually blind toward the end of his life due to diabetes.[2]
References
- ↑ Campbell, Tracy. Short of the Glory: The Fall and Redemption of Edward F. Prichard Jr. p. 81. Search this book on
- ↑ Buckley, William F. (October 27, 1982). Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.: The Roosevelt Legacy (Television interview). United States: Hoover Institution Archives.
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