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A.N. Marquis Co.. "Clifford Griffith Roe." Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America: 1, (1897-1942). Chicago: A. N. Marquis (1943): 1050.

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Marquis Co. notes are an invaluable tool when working on the Twentieth Century. The information comes from the listee, preserving a verbal self-portrait.

We included this entry as part of W. I. Thomas's biography. Roe was a driving force in the American movement against commercialized vice, created the Chicago Committee of Fifteen, and orchestrated the mergers that created the American Vigilance Association in 1912 and the American Social Hygiene Association in 1913.

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Clifford Griffith Roe

A. N. Marquis Co.

Roe, Clifford Griffith, lawyer, lecturer, author; b. Rolling Prairie, Ind., June 26, 1875; s. George Washington and Marietta (Drummond) Roe; B.L., U. of Mich., 1899, LL.B, 1902; m. Elsie Martha Hercock, Mar. 7, 1910; 1 dau., Marjorie Helen. Admitted to Ill. bar, 1903; asst. state's atty., Cook Co., Ill., 1906-09; spl. prosecutor against panders ("white slave traders") Sept. 1909-11; asst. corp. counsel, City of Chicago, 1915-18; attorney for Wilson & Co., packers, 1918 --; became judge of the Illinois Court of Claims, 1931. Member faculty Ill. Coll. of Law, 1915-19. Mem. Four-minute Men, World War; asso. mem. Legal Advisory Bd., Dist. 15, Chicago. Pres. Am. Bur. Moral Ed. Dec., 1909 ---; atty. for com. headed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., during New York investigation, 1911-12; father of the first pandering (white slave) law in America; form gen. counsel Am. Vigilance Assn.; v.p. Ill. Vigilance Assn.; organizer Com. of Fifteen. Mem. Disciples of Christ. Mason. Author: The Great War on White Slavery. Home: Chicago, Ill. Died June 28, 1934.

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