Frank E. Holman

Frank Ezekiel Holman (1886–1967) was an American attorney known for his 1948 effort to amend the United States Constitution to limit the power of treaties and executive agreements. Holman's work led to the Bricker Amendment.

Frank Holman
Born
Frank Ezekiel Holman

1886
Sandy, Utah, U.S.
Died1967 (aged 80–81)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Utah (BA)
University of Oxford (LLB)
Known forWork on the Bricker Amendment

Early life and education

Holman was born in Sandy, Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1908 and won a Rhodes Scholarship to study law at the University of Oxford.

Career

Admitted to the Washington bar in 1911 and the Utah bar in 1912, he was the dean of the S.J. Quinney College of Law from 1913 to 1915, after which he began a law practice in Salt Lake City.

In 1924, he moved to Seattle, Washington, to practice law until his retirement in 1961. Holman argued cases in state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.[1][2]

Holman was active in legal organizations. He was president of the Seattle Bar Association in 1941 and the Washington State Bar Association in 1945. He was elected president of the American Bar Association in 1948 and traveled extensively to warn Americans of the dangers of "treaty law".[3][4]

In 1953, the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors awarded him their "First Citizen" award.

Holman's papers are in the collection of the University of Washington Library in Seattle.[5]

Death

Holman died in Seattle in 1967.[6]

Bibliography
  • Frank E. Holman. The Life and Career of a Western Lawyer, 1886-1961. Baltimore, Maryland: Port City Press, 1963.
  • Frank E. Holman. The Story of the "Bricker Amendment." New York City: Fund for Constitutional Government, 1954.

References
  1. "FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions". Findlaw. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  2. "Denver & R.G.W. R. Co. v. Union Pacific R. Co., 351 U.S. 321 (1956)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  3. Times, Lawrence E. Daviesspecial To the New York (1948-09-10). "LIBERTY WHITTLED, HEAD OF BAR WARNS; Holman Deplores 'Government by Crisis' -- ABA Delegates Approve States' Rights". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  4. Hand, Learned (2013-01-17). Reason and Imagination: The Selected Correspondence of Learned Hand. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0-19-989910-4.
  5. Frank E. Holman papers, 1908-1967
  6. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
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