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Scopes</a>, pro bono. <p> "When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it."<p><b>Father:</b> Ammirus Darrow (former Unitarian minister, b. 17-Nov-1818, d. 22-Apr-1904)<br><b>Mother:</b> Emily Eddy (b. 13-Nov-1824, d. 1872 cancer)<br><b>Brother:</b> Edward Everett Darrow (b. 6-Oct-1846, d. 28-Sep-1927)<br><b>Sister:</b> Channing (b. 1849, d. 1910)<br><b>Sister:</b> Mary Elizabeth (b. 1852, d. 14-Nov-1909)<br><b>Brother:</b> Herbert Eddy (b. 1854, d. 1857)<br><b>Brother:</b> Hubert (b. 1860, d. 1905)<br><b>Brother:</b> Herman C. (b. 1863, d. 1933)<br><b>Sister:</b> Jesse Moore ("Jennie", b. 1866, d. 1955)<br><b>Wife:</b> Jessie Ohl (m. 15-May-1880, div. 1897, one son)<br><b>Son:</b> Paul Edward Darrow (b. 10-Dec-1883)<br><b>Wife:</b> Ruby Hammerstrom (m. 1903, d. 6-Jul-1957)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/270/000082024/">Allegheny College (one year)</a><br> Law School: <a href="/edu/512/000068308/">University of Michigan (one year)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/102/000121736/">Illinois State House of Representatives</a> 1903-05<br> <u>Chicago Sunset Club</u> 1891<br> <a href="/org/813/000041690/">NAACP</a> Director (9-May-1927)<br> <a href="/org/505/000117154/">Illinois State Bar Association</a> <br> <a href="/org/074/000122705/">Ohio State Bar Association</a> 1879<br> <a href="/crime/991/000079754/">Jury Tampering</a> Los Angeles, CA, indicted (29-Jan-1912), acquitted (May-1912), retried (20-Jan-1913), mistrial (8-Mar-1913)<br> <a href="/event/154/000395963/">Represented Self in Court</a> <br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Crime, its Cause and Treatment</i> (<tt>1925</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>The Prohibition Mania</i> (<tt>1927</tt>, nonfiction)<br><i>The Story of My Life</i> (<tt>1932</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=82567"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=82567">Clarence Darrow</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=82567" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>