Theodore Brentano

1854–1940 (age 86)

Judge

Biography

Theodore Brentano served his country as a jurist and diplomat, bringing a calm legal mind to federal cases and to consular service abroad while always upholding the rule of law.

He treasured fairness and civic duty, and his colleagues recall his measured counsel as he now rests at Graceland Cemetery.

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