Political Radicals
alexander mitchell palmer
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
A. Mitchell Palmer was a lawyer and legislator and, from 1919-1921, he was Attorney General of the United States. He is best known for his highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals, which started the Red Scare of 1919-1920.
j. edgar hoover
Because he was the attorney general of the first Red scare which was a period(in the 1920's) where the government went after communists and others with radical views
John Mitchell was Attorney General under Richard Nixon. He holds the distinction of being only American Attorney General to serve a prison term.
He believed he needed to protect Americans from radicalists and communists. They were a threat to American during World War 1.
You are thinking of Martha Mitchell, second wife of Attorney General John Mitchell,
alexander mitchell palmer
A. Mitchell Palmer was the United States Attorney General who led raids on suspected communists. He was Attorney General from 1919 to 1921.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
J. Edgar Hoover
John N. Mitchell, the former U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon, had three children. Their names are John N. Mitchell Jr., Mary Mitchell, and Elizabeth Mitchell.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer strongly disliked Bolsheviks due to their revolutionary ideology, which he believed threatened American democracy and capitalism. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he perceived Bolshevism as a direct challenge to U.S. values and feared the potential spread of communism in America. This fear was exacerbated by a series of labor strikes and bombings, leading to the Red Scare, during which Palmer launched aggressive measures, including the Palmer Raids, to suppress suspected radicals and protect national security.
A. Mitchell Palmer was a lawyer and legislator and, from 1919-1921, he was Attorney General of the United States. He is best known for his highly publicized campaigns against suspected radicals, which started the Red Scare of 1919-1920.
palmer raids
j. edgar hoover