North Dakota Citizen's Clean Court Committee Records
Collection
Identifier: Mss 93
Scope and Contents
The North Dakota Citizens Clean Court Committee Records consist of subject files dealing with the work of the committee in opposing the nomination of Andrew Miller as federal judge. These include: memorandum on the organization of the committee; membership list; correspondence; telegrams; biographical material on Miller; depositions; documents regarding Miller’s legal practice; documents on his involvement with Stark County officials; and documents placed before the Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary.
Dates
- 1921-1922.
Creator
- North Dakota Citizen's Clean Court Committee. (Organization)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.
History
The North Dakota Citizens Clean Court Committee was established in Fargo, North Dakota in 1921. The purpose of the group was to actively oppose the confirmation of Andrew Miller as Federal Judge for North Dakota. The group consisted of a number of politicians and newspaper publishers from across the state. The Clean Court Committee charged that Miller, a former North Dakota Attorney General, was guilty of corruption. It was alleged that Miller had been paid by the Northern Pacific Railroad to lower taxes on its property. It was also charged that Miller had bribed several state legislators to lower the gas tax on behalf of the Standard Oil Company. Miller served as personal attorney for prominent North Dakotan Alexander McKenzie. The Committee charged that Miller was guilty of helping McKenzie
corrupt a federal judge in Nome, Alaska. Miller was also accused of being “neutral or negative” during World War I. Miller’s nomination was supported by a number of prominent citizens, including former North Dakota Governor John Burke, North Dakota Senator Porter J. McCumber, Senator E.F. Ladd, and Judge Charles Amidon, who Miller was to replace on the federal bench. Despite the efforts of the Committee, Andrew Miller was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 2, 1922. He served as a Federal Judge until he retired in 1941. He died in March, 1960.
Extent
.4 Linear Feet (.4 linear ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The North Dakota Citizens Clean Court Committee Records consist of subject files dealing with the work of the committee in opposing the nomination of Andrew Miller as federal judge. These include: memorandum on the organization of the committee; membership list; correspondence; telegrams; biographical material on Miller; depositions; documents regarding Miller’s legal practice; documents on his involvement with Stark County officials; and documents placed before the Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on the Judiciary.
Provenance
Donated by Judge John C. Pollock, 1954 (Acc. 158).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Actions and defenses -- North Dakota.
- Attorneys general -- North Dakota.
- Bismarck (N.D.) -- Politics and government.
- Bismarck Water Supply Co. (Bismarck, N.D.)
- Boehm, Peter W.
- Courts -- North Dakota.
- Daugherty, H. M. (Harry Micajah), 1860-1941. -- : Correspondence.
- District courts -- United States.
- Hughes, E. A. (Edmond A.)
- Judges -- North Dakota.
- Koffel, Theodore, 1872-1924. -- : Correspondence.
- Land companies -- North Dakota.
- Lawyers -- North Dakota.
- Lucas, A. W. (Arthur W.), 1867-1923.
- McCumber, Porter J. (Porter James), 1856-1933. -- : Correspondence.
- McCutcheon, E. B.
- McHarg, Ormsby, b. 1871. -- : Correspondence.
- McKenzie, Alexander, 1851-1922.
- Miller, Andrew, 1870-1960.
- Mounts, M. M. (Madison M.), 1887-1964.
- Nelson, Theodore Gilbert, 1880-1961. -- : Correspondence.
- North Dakota -- Politics and government.
- North Dakota Citizen's Clean Court Committee.
- Politicians -- North Dakota.
- Pollock, John C. (John Corse), b. 1888. -- : Correspondence.
- Practice of law -- Iowa.
- Practice of law -- North Dakota.
- Stark County (N.D.) -- Politics and government.
- Tuttle Land Co.
- Twichell, Treadwell, 1864-1937. -- : Correspondence.
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary.
- United States. District Court (North Dakota)
- Waterworks -- North Dakota.
Creator
- North Dakota Citizen's Clean Court Committee. (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the North Dakota Citizen’s Clean Court Committee Records
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu