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Richard Olney (September 15, 1835 – April 8, 1917) was an American statesman. He served as both United States Attorney General and Secretary of State under President Grover Cleveland. As attorney general, Olney used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops, when legal means failed to control the strikers. As secretary of state, he raised the status of America in the world by elevating U.S. diplomatic posts to the status of embassy. == Early years == Olney was born into a family of means in Oxford, Massachusetts. His father was Wilson Olney, a textiles manufacturer and banker.〔("Richard Olney Dies; Veteran Statesman" ) (PDF) ''The New York Times'' (April 10, 1917), page 13. Retrieved April 6, 2011〕 Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, until Olney was seven. The family then moved back to Oxford and Olney attended school at the Leicester Academy in Leicester.〔 After completing his education there, he went to Brown University, where he graduated with high honors as class orator in 1856.〔 He then attended Harvard Law School, where he received a bachelor of laws degree in 1858.〔 In 1859, he passed the bar and began practicing law in Boston, attaining a reputation as an authority on probate, trust and corporate law.〔 In 1861, Olney married Agnes Park Thomas of Boston, Massachusetts.〔 He was a member of the Board of Selectmen of West Roxbury, Massachusetts and served one term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1874. He declined to run again, preferring to return to his law practice〔 In 1876, Olney inherited his father-in-law's Boston law practice and became involved in the business affairs of Boston’s elite families.〔("Richard Olney (1895–1897): Secretary of State" ) Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Retrieved April 6, 2011〕 During the 1880s, Olney became one of the city’s leading railroad attorneys〔〔Thomas Frank, ("Obama and 'Regulatory Capture'" ) ''The Wall Street Journal'' (June 24, 2010). Retrieved April 5, 2011〕 and the general counsel for Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Olney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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