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William Lea Chambers (4 March 1852 – 26 August 1933) was a
Board of Arbitration in the Controversy Between the Eastern Railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
(1913)
William Lea Chambers (4 March 1852 – 26 August 1933) was a United States
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federal judge.
Biography
He was born on March 4, 1852 inColumbus, Georgia
Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it ...
.
He was appointed Chief Justice of Samoa
The Chief Justice of Samoa ( sm, Faamasino Sili o le Faamasinoga Sili o Samoa) is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Samoa. The qualifications and powers of the office are governed by Part VI of the Constitution of Samoa and the Judicatur ...
c.1897, where the English, Germans and Americans were sharing political influence under a tripartite agreement. He was soon forced to adjudicate between rival local claimants to the kingship of Samoa, ruling on a legal technicality in favour of Chief Tanu. A civil war ensued, which had to put down by British naval intervention, severely worsening relations between England and Germany, who had favoured the other claimant. Chambers was eventually pressured into resigning his post c.1900.
In March 1913, he was appointed Commissioner of the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation.
He died in 1933 and was buried in Monocacy Cemetery, Beallsville, Maryland
Beallsville is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It is a small community located north of Poolesville, Maryland, Poolesville. The ZIP Code for Beallsville ...
. He had married Laura Ligon Clopton and had several children.
See also
Publications
Board of Arbitration in the Controversy Between the Eastern Railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
(1913)
References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chambers, William Lea 1852 births 1933 deaths People from Columbus, Georgia United States Article I federal judges Chief justices of Samoa 19th-century American judges 20th-century American judges