US Solicitor General and Chairman & General Counsel of the Warren Commission
Rankin was chosen as United States Assistant Attorney General under President Eisenhower in 1953, and as the 31st Solicitor General of the US from 1956 to 1961. He had previously managed Eisenhower's Presidential campaign in Nebraska in 1952.
But he is probably best know as Chairman and General Counsel of the Warren Commission, (aka: The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy), to which he was appointed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, In late 1963.
Father: Herman Primm Rankin 1877-1962,
Father's Memorial #74642573
Mother: Cornelia Lois Gable Rankin 1880-1955 Mother's Memorial # 74642577
Spouse: Gertrude Carpenter Rankin 1908-1995
Married in 1931
Children:
James L. Rankin Jr
Roger C. Rankin
Sara Rankin
Profession: Attorney--Warren Commission Member, Solicitor General & worked for several Presidents.
US Solicitor General and Chairman & General Counsel of the Warren Commission
Rankin was chosen as United States Assistant Attorney General under President Eisenhower in 1953, and as the 31st Solicitor General of the US from 1956 to 1961. He had previously managed Eisenhower's Presidential campaign in Nebraska in 1952.
But he is probably best know as Chairman and General Counsel of the Warren Commission, (aka: The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy), to which he was appointed by Chief Justice Earl Warren, In late 1963.
Father: Herman Primm Rankin 1877-1962,
Father's Memorial #74642573
Mother: Cornelia Lois Gable Rankin 1880-1955 Mother's Memorial # 74642577
Spouse: Gertrude Carpenter Rankin 1908-1995
Married in 1931
Children:
James L. Rankin Jr
Roger C. Rankin
Sara Rankin
Profession: Attorney--Warren Commission Member, Solicitor General & worked for several Presidents.
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