Edmund J. Brandon

Edmund J. Brandon
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1939–1946
Preceded byJohn A. Canavan
Succeeded byGeorge F. Garrity
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Regional Administrator for the Boston Regional Office, Zone 1
In office
1935–1936
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byJames J. Caffrey
Personal details
Born(1894-05-24)May 24, 1894
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 1, 1946(1946-11-01) (aged 52)
near Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts[1]
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocrat[2]
SpouseAnna Coleman McCarthy[2]
OccupationAttorney

Edmund John Brandon[2] (May 24, 1894 – November 1, 1946) was an American attorney and government official who served as the Administrator of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Boston Regional Office, Zone 1 in 1935.[3] He eventually resigned as commissioner because he had too much work to do as receiver of the Atlantic National Bank.[4][4]

He also served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from February 9, 1939 to 1946.[2][4] In his first year he had a record of 417 wins and one loss.[4]

Early life

He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended their public schools.[2][5] He went on to attend Boston College where he played football, and was later graduated from Boston University in 1919.[5] He passed the bar exam in 1918.[5]

Personal life

Brandon served as the Massachusetts State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus from 1924 to 1927.[5] He was a friend of James Roosevelt.[4]

During World War I, he was a Lt. Commander in the Engineering Training Department of the First Naval District.[4] Pope Pius XII made him a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[4]

References

  1. ^ "EDMUND BRANDON, U.S. LEGAL FIGURE; Attorney for Massachusetts District Since 1939 Dead-- Once a SEC Administrator". The New York Times. 2 November 1946.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Brandon, Edmund John". PoliticalGraveyard.com. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ^ "SEC Regional Administrators" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Lapomarda 1992, p. 38.
  5. ^ a b c d Lapomarda 1992, p. 36.

Works cited

  • Lapomarda, Vincent A. (1992). The Knights of Columbus in Massachusetts (second ed.). Norwood, Massachusetts: Knights of Columbus Massachusetts State Council.