Homer Stille Cummings

Homer Cummings
55th United States Attorney General
In office March 4, 1933 – January 2, 1939
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	William D. Mitchell
Succeeded by	Frank Murphy
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
In office February 27, 1919 – July 28, 1920
Preceded by	Vance C. McCormick
Succeeded by	George White
State Attorney of Fairfield County
In office 1914–1924
Preceded by	Elmore S. Banks[1]
Succeeded by	William H. Comley[2]
Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut
In office 1904–1906
Preceded by	Edward J. Tupper
Succeeded by	Charles H. Leeds
In office 1900–1902
Preceded by	Charles H. Leeds
Succeeded by	Edward J. Tupper
Personal details
Born	Homer Stille Cummings (1870-04-30)April 30, 1870 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	September 10, 1956(1956-09-10) (aged 86) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Helen W. Smith ​ ​ (m. 1897; div. 1907)​ Marguerite T. Owings ​ ​ (m. 1909; div. 1928)​ Mary C. Waterbury ​ ​ (m. 1929; died 1939)​ Julia Alter ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1955)​
Children	1
Education	Yale University (BPhil, LLB)
Homer S. Cummings's voice Homer S. Cummings’s “Summons to Duty” speech (recorded 1920)

Homer Stille Cummings (April 30, 1870 – September 10, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician who was the United States attorney general from 1933 to 1939. He also was elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, three times before founding the legal firm of Cummings & Lockwood in 1909. He served as chairman of Democratic National Committee between 1919 and 1920.^[3]