Thomas P. Revelle

Thomas P. Revelle (1868–1941)^[1] was a Seattle lawyer and politician who was a proponent for the founding of the city's Pike Place Market. Revelle was born in Maryland but moved to Seattle in 1898 to serve as a minister at a local Methodist church.^[1] He studied law at the University of Washington and became a member of the bar. He ran for City Council and served from 1906 to 1911.^[1] In 1910 he ran for Congress but lost the election. He served as a federal attorney for Western Washington. In this capacity Revelle prosecuted and convicted the former Seattle Police official turned bootlegger Roy Olmstead during Prohibition.

References

1 2 3 "Thomas P. Revelle (1868–1941)". Olmstead v. United States: The Constitutional Challenges of Prohibition Enforcement — Historical Background and Documents. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved 10 December 2012.

External links

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