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
edit- ^ 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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