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Today in History: Clarence Darrow

Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Clarence Darrow, who was born on April 18, 1857. Darrow was a lawyer well known for his defense of William D. Haywood, his fight against the death penalty for Leopold and Loeb, and probably most famously, for his unsuccessful defense of John T. Scopes in what is often referred to as the "Monkey Trial." The Scopes trial is where Darrow unsuccessfully defended Scopes for teaching evolution against William Jennings Bryan, despite the fact it is widely regarded that Darrow made the better argument.


Darrow and Bryan at the Scopes Trial
Clarence Darrow (left) and William Jennings Bryan (right) at the Scopes Trial


For more on Clarence Darrow:
Darrow page at University of Missouri-Kansas School of Law
NY Times Obituary of Darrow
Wikipedia's Darrow page
Darrow's work at Project Gutenberg

For more on the William D. Haywood case:
Haywood trial page at University of Missouri-Kansas School of Law
Wikipedia's William D. Haywood page

For more on the Leopold and Loeb case:
Leopold and Loeb Site
Wikipedia's Leopold and Loeb page

For more on the Scopes Trial:
Scopes Trial at University of Missouri-Kansas School of Law
PBS: The Monkey Trial
Trranscript (source?): Darrow's questioning of Bryan
Wikipedia's Scopes Trial page

— michael | April 18, 2007 10:23 AM | I found it online