Nelson B. Gaskill
Nelson Burr Gaskill (September 1875 – October 6, 1964) was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from December 1, 1921, to November 30, 1922.[1]
The son of New Jersey judge Joseph H. Gaskill,[2] Gaskill received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1896,[3][4] where he won a senior prize for oratory,[5] followed by a law degree from Harvard Law School. He joined the New Jersey National Guard, where he was elected captain of his company in 1902,[6] and served as Assistant Attorney General for New Jersey.[3][4] He eventually attained the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard,[7][4] and was active during World War I.[8]
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Gaskill to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission vacated by the retirement of John Franklin Fort, due to illness.[9][8] Gaskill was reappointed to the FTC by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924.[10]
Gaskill died at the age of 89.[4]
References
- ^ List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).
- ^ "Joseph H. Gaskill Dead at 85 Years", The Bridgewater Courier-News (November 26, 1935), p. 3.
- ^ a b William E. Kovacic & Marc Winerman, "Outpost Years for a Start-Up Agency: The FTC from 1921-1925", 172 Antitrust L.J. 145, 174 (2010).
- ^ a b c d "Col. Nelson Gaskill", The Washington Post (October 9, 1964), p. C7.
- ^ "Mentioned in Mount Holly", The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 29, 1896), p. 35.
- ^ "The New Jersey Guard", The Philadelphia Inquirer (February 16, 1902), p. 35.
- ^ "Hopewell Business Men Assist In Y.M.C.A. Campaign", The Hopewell Herald (November 7, 1917), p. 1.
- ^ a b "Former New Jersey Official Named as Trade Board Member", Los Angeles Evening Express (February 13, 1920), p. 20.
- ^ "Selected For Cabinet", The Washington Post (December 3, 1919), p. 2.
- ^ "Official Re-appointed", Iowa City Press-Citizen (October 4, 1924), p. 1.
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Preceded by Samuel Huston Thompson | Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission 1921–1922 | Succeeded by Victor Murdock |
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- Joseph E. Davies (1915–1916) • Edward N. Hurley (1916–1917) • William J. Harris (1917–1918) • William Byron Colver (1918–1919) • John Franklin Fort (1919) • Victor Murdock (1919–1920) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1920–1921) • Nelson B. Gaskill (1921–1922) • Victor Murdock (1922–1923) • Samuel Huston Thompson (1923–1924) • Vernon W. Van Fleet (1924–1925) • John F. Nugent (1925–1926) • Charles W. Hunt (1926–1927) • William E. Humphrey (1927–1928) • Abram F. Myers (1928–1929) • Edgar A. McCulloch (1929) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1930) • Charles W. Hunt (1931) • William E. Humphrey (1932) • Charles H. March (1933) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1934) • Ewin L. Davis (1935) • Charles H. March (1936) • William Augustus Ayres (1937) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1938) • Robert E. Freer (1939) • Ewin L. Davis (1940) • Charles H. March (1941) • William Augustus Ayres (1942) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1943) • Robert E. Freer (1944) • Ewin L. Davis (1945) • William Augustus Ayres (1946) • Garland Ferguson Jr. (1947) • Robert E. Freer (1948) • Lowell B. Mason (1949–1950)
(1950–present)
Acting chairs italicized
- James M. Mead (1950–1953) • Edward F. Howrey (1953–1955) • John W. Gwynne (1955–1959) • Earl W. Kintner (1959–1961) • Paul Rand Dixon (1961–1969) • Caspar Weinberger (1970–1970) • Everette MacIntyre (1970–1973) • Lewis A. Engman (1973–1975) • Paul Rand Dixon (1976) • Calvin J. Collier (1976–1977) • Michael Pertschuk (1977–1981) • David A. Clanton (1981) • James C. Miller III (1981–1985) • Terry Calvani (1985–1986) • Daniel Oliver (1986–1989) • Janet Dempsey Steiger (1989–1995) • Robert Pitofsky (1995–2001) • Timothy Muris (2001–2004) • Deborah Platt Majoras (2004–2008) • William Kovacic (2008–2009) • Jon Leibowitz (2009–2013) • Edith Ramirez (2013–2017) • Maureen Ohlhausen (2017–2018) • Joseph Simons (2018–2021) • Rebecca Slaughter (2021) • Lina Khan (2021–present)
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