Nelson Burr Gaskill (September 1875 – October 6, 1964) was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from December 1, 1921, to November 30, 1922.[1]
Nelson B. Gaskill in 1920
The son of New Jersey judge Joseph H. Gaskill,[2] Gaskill received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1896,[3][4] where he won a senior prize for oratory,[5] followed by a law degree from Harvard Law School. He joined the New Jersey National Guard, where he was elected captain of his company in 1902,[6] and served as Assistant Attorney General for New Jersey.[3][4] He eventually attained the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard,[7][4] and was active during World War I.[8]
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Gaskill to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission vacated by the retirement of John Franklin Fort, due to illness.[9][8] Gaskill was reappointed to the FTC by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924.[10]
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