Amos Richards Enco Pinchot (S&B 1897)
American Lawyer and reformist. Yale University. Skull and Bones. Psi Upsilon. He Boule. Columbia University. New York Law School.
Vice President Wilson-Seabury League, New York City.[9]
Vice President Westminster School Alumni Association.[9]
Member board of managers Manhattan State Hospital.[9]
Associaton for Improving the Condition of the Poor.[9]
Aug 1942 - Pinchot (S&B 1897) grew increasing depressed by the progress of the Second World War and in the summer of 1942 he slit his wrists. He survived this suicide attempt but his health never recovered and spent the rest of his life in hospital.[1]
1942 to 1944 - Committee for Constitutional Government.[9]
1940 - Helped to establish the America First Committee (AFC). It included: Robert E. Wood, John T. Flynn and Charles A. Lindbergh. Supporters or the organisation included Burton K. Wheeler, Hugh Johnson, Robert LaFollette Jr., Hamilton Fish and Gerald Nye.[1]
The AFC soon became the most powerful isolationist group in the United States. The AFC had four main principles:
(1) The United States must build an impregnable defense for America;
(2) No foreign power, nor group of powers, can successfully attack a prepared America;
(3) American democracy can be preserved only by keeping out of the European War;
(4) “Aid short of war” weakens national defense at home and threatens to involve America in war abroad.[1]
The AFC influenced public opinion through publications and speeches and within a year the organization had 450 local chapters and over 800,000 members. The AFC was dissolved four days after the Japanese Air Force attacked Pearl Harbor on 7th December, 1941.[1]
24 Jan 1938 - the body of his wife Rosamond was found on the front seat of her car. Ruled suicide by Asphyxia due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Two suicide notes were left but the contents were not divulged.[12]
1938 - Daughter Rosamund committed suicide (from first marriage) at the age of 33.[1]
24 Aug 1919 - Married Ruth Pickering, daughter of George and Rebecca (Thomas) Pickering.[9]
1919 to 1924 - National executive committee of Committee of Forty-eight.[9]
1919 - Honary President League for Municipal Ownership and Operation in New York City.
1918, Pinchot sent a letter to “Santeri Neuerteva” (real name Alexander Nyberg”, a Soviet agent in the United States.
1917 to 1930 - Co-Founder, Director, Member of National Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).[9]
1917 - Organizer American Committee on War Finance.[9]
1916 - Chairman Committee on Real Prepardness, and Wilson Volunteers.[9]
1912, Though a member of Roosevelt’s inner circle during the Bull Moose campaign , Pinchot exasperated the former president with his moralistic criticism of the role of big business in the party, including his criticism of the party chairman, George Walbridge Perkins, who was a leading industrialist and sat on the board of U.S. Steel. Pinchot ultimately joined the Democratic Party, defended the rights of workers, and became acquainted with leftist intellectuals.[2]
1912 - Candidate for Congress from 18th Congressional District, New York, on National Progressive ticket.[9]
1912 - Aided in forming the Progressive Party.[9]
1910 - Supported his brother Gifford Pinchot (Skull and Bones, US Forest Service Chief ) during the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy which pitted his brother against President William Howard Tafts (Skull and Bones) Secretary of the Interior. Taft (S&B 1878) had fired Gifford (S&B 1889) for insubordination, which inflamed the insurgent wing of the Republican party allied to Roosevelt (Freemason).[2]
1905 to 1909, served a political apprenticeship as lobbyist for President Theordore Roosevelt (Freemason)
Until 1912 - Engaged in working for the Republican Party.[9]
1900 to 1901 - Assistant district attorney new York City, District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner and Eugene A. Philbin.[9]
1900 to Div 1919 - Married October 1900, Gertrude daughter of Robert Browne and Suzannah(Shaw) Minturn.
1900 - Admitted to the bar.[9]
1899 to 1900 - New York Law School.[9]
May 1898 to Aug 1898, Enlisted Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry, sent to Camp Alger. attached to Army headquarters in Puerto Rico;
1897 to 1898, attended Columbia University.[9]
1897 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones.
Died 18 Feb 1944, from bronchial pneumonia. Age 70.
Daughter, Mary Pinchot Meyer
Brother, Gifford Pinchot (S&B 1889)
Pinchot of Milford Mother, Mary Jane (Eno) Pinchot; daughter of Amos Richards andLucy Jane (Phelps) Eno of New York City. Yale relatives include: Noah A. Phelps (BA. 1783) (great-great-uncle); Ehsha Phelps (B.A. 1800)(great-grandfather); Henry C. Eno (B.A. i860), John C. Eno (B A. 1869),and William P Eno, ‘82 (uncles), Henry Lane Eno, ‘94 (cousin); and Gifford B Pinchot, ‘38 (nephew).
[1] - Spartacus Educational.com - Amos Richards Enco Pinchot (S&B 1897)
[2] - FYI - Wiki - Amos Richards Enco Pinchot (S&B 1897)
[3] - FYI - Wiki - Pinchot Ballinger Controversy
[5] - Skull and Bones - A Faustian Bargain ? By William P. Litynski
[6] - Find a Grave - Amos Richards Enco Pinchot (S&B 1897)
[11] - FYI - Wiki - Rosamond Pinchot
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