Frank Ezekiel Holman (1886–1967) was an American attorney known for his 1948 effort to amend the United States Constitution to limit the power of

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and executive agreements. Holman's work led to the

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Early life and education

Holman was born in

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. He graduated from the

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in 1908 and won a Rhodes Scholarship to study law at the

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Career

Admitted to the

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bar in 1911 and the

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bar in 1912, he was the dean of the S.J. Quinney College of Law from 1913 to 1915, after which he began a law practice in

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. In 1924, he moved to

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, to practice law until his retirement in 1961. Holman argued cases in state and federal courts, including the

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. Holman was active in legal organizations. He was president of the Seattle Bar Association in 1941 and the

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in 1945. He was elected president of the

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in 1948 and traveled extensively to warn Americans of the dangers of "treaty law". In 1953, the Seattle-King County Association of Realtors awarded him their "First Citizen" award. Holman's papers are in the collection of the

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Library in Seattle.

Death

Holman died in

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in 1967.

External links

Washington State Library biography

Bibliography

*Frank E. Holman. ''The Life and Career of a Western Lawyer, 1886-1961.''

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: Port City Press, 1963. *Frank E. Holman. ''The Story of the "Bricker Amendment."''

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: Fund for Constitutional Government, 1954.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, Frank E. 1886 births 1967 deaths 20th-century American lawyers University of Utah alumni American Rhodes Scholars Lawyers from Seattle Presidents of the American Bar Association People from Sandy, Utah