Silas H. Strawn
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Silas Hardy Strawn was a prominent Chicago lawyer and one of the name partners at the law firm of Winston & Strawn. He was also the president of the United States Chamber of Commerce during the early
Silas Strawn headshot
Strawn (right) and Charles MacVeagh (left), 1925
As president of the United States Golf Association, Strawn presents the 1911 United States Amateur Championship to Harold Hilton at Apawamis Golf Club.
Strawn's grave at Lake Forest Cemetery
Securities Act of 1933
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The Securities Act of 1933, also known as the 1933 Act, the Securities Act, the Truth in Securities Act, the Federal Securities Act, and the '33 Act, was enacted by the United States Congress on May 2
Silas H. Strawn
…benefits to the unemployed. "If this country ever votes the dole," Strawn said, "we’ve hit the toboggan as a nation." Strawn spoke out loudly against the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, stating in Congressional testimony: "I believe there is an abundant market for securities, if the Securities…
Philadelphia, Germantown & Norristown Railroad stock certificate, 1852
The floor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1908
A prospectus in the US
US Securities and Exchange Commission Office in Washington, D.C.