After law school, MacChesney founded a Chicago law firm, ultimately known as MacChesney and Becker, where he practiced law for the next five decades.[1] He served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War (1898). He was instrumental in founding the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology in 1910.[1] He served as a special assistant attorney general of the United States in 1911, and as a special state's attorney for Illinois in 1912. In this capacity, he represented the War Department in, Stearns v. Wood, before the Supreme Court where the Court sided with him and reaffirmed that the federal government had the authority to set training and performance regulations for the state National Guard.[2] He was president of the Illinois State Bar Association 1915-16.[1] He again served in the army during World War I, and was thereafter normally referred to as "General MacChesney" by his associates.[1]
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^Joshua Kastenberg, To Raise and Discipline an Army: Major General Enoch Crowder, the Judge Advocate General's Office, and the Realignment of Civil and Military Relations in World War I. DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2017], 85
^MacChesney, Nathan William. "Standard Form, Chicago Restrictive Covenant, 1927". Chicago Real Estate Board. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
^Moser, Whet. "How Housing Discrimination Created the Idea of Whiteness". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
^"Nathan William MacChesney". Chicago Tribune. September 27, 1954. p. 36. Retrieved July 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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nathan, william, macchesney, 1878, 1954, prominent, chicago, lawyer, architect, racial, segregation, born, 1878, june, 1878chicago, illinoisdiedseptember, 1954, 1954, aged, libertyville, illinoisresting, placeoak, woods, cemeteryeducationcalifornia, wesleyan, . Nathan William MacChesney 1878 1954 was a prominent Chicago lawyer and architect of racial segregation Nathan William MacChesneyBorn 1878 06 02 June 2 1878Chicago IllinoisDiedSeptember 25 1954 1954 09 25 aged 76 Libertyville IllinoisResting placeOak Woods CemeteryEducationCalifornia Wesleyan College Stanford University Northwestern University School of Law University of Michigan Law SchoolOccupationLawyerBiography editNathan William MacChesney was born in Chicago on June 2 1878 the son of Alfred Brunson and Henrietta Milsom MacChesney 1 He was educated at California Wesleyan College receiving a bachelor s degree in 1898 1 He later attended Stanford University and the Northwestern University School of Law before receiving an LL B from the University of Michigan Law School in 1902 1 He was admitted to the bar of Illinois in 1902 1 After law school MacChesney founded a Chicago law firm ultimately known as MacChesney and Becker where he practiced law for the next five decades 1 He served in the United States Army during the Spanish American War 1898 He was instrumental in founding the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology in 1910 1 He served as a special assistant attorney general of the United States in 1911 and as a special state s attorney for Illinois in 1912 In this capacity he represented the War Department in Stearns v Wood before the Supreme Court where the Court sided with him and reaffirmed that the federal government had the authority to set training and performance regulations for the state National Guard 2 He was president of the Illinois State Bar Association 1915 16 1 He again served in the army during World War I and was thereafter normally referred to as General MacChesney by his associates 1 He received an LL M from Northwestern in 1922 1 He was general counsel of the National Association of Real Estate Boards in the 1920s 1 MacChesney drafted the Standard Form Chicago Restrictive Covenant 3 used as a model for enforcing racial segregation throughout the city 4 He died at his home near Libertyville on September 25 1954 1 5 References edit a b c d e f g h i j k Profile from Northwestern University Library Joshua Kastenberg To Raise and Discipline an Army Major General Enoch Crowder the Judge Advocate General s Office and the Realignment of Civil and Military Relations in World War I DeKalb Northern Illinois University Press 2017 85 MacChesney Nathan William Standard Form Chicago Restrictive Covenant 1927 Chicago Real Estate Board Retrieved May 28 2014 Moser Whet How Housing Discrimination Created the Idea of Whiteness Chicago Magazine Retrieved May 28 2014 Nathan William MacChesney Chicago Tribune September 27 1954 p 36 Retrieved July 22 2020 via Newspapers com Biography from genealogytrails com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nathan William MacChesney amp oldid 968982932, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
