Attorney General: Harry M. Daugherty
Harry Micajah Daugherty was born in Washington Court House, Ohio, on January 26, 1860. Daugherty attended public schools before obtaining his law degree at the University of Michigan in 1881. Upon returning to Washington Court House, Daugherty joined a local law firm. He served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly from 1890 to 1894. In 1902, he organized the law firm of Daugherty, Todd, and Rarey, of which he was senior member.
Daugherty was appointed Attorney General of the United States on March 4, 1921, serving under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge until resigning on March 28, 1924. He was acquitted of charges to defraud the U.S. in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Along with Thomas Dixon, he co-authored The Inside Story of the Harding Tragedy (1932). Daugherty died on October 12, 1941, in Columbus, Ohio.
Edward N. Bodholdt was born in Iowa in 1897, and served in the U.S. Army in World War I. He then joined the Department of Justice as an attorney in the Lands Division. When Attorney General Daugherty declined to chose a portrait artist, a committee selected Bodholdt as the artist. He died in 1975.