Joseph H. Choate Jr.

Joseph H. Choate Jr.
Joseph H. Choate Jr.
	Choate c. 1922
Born	Joseph Hodges Choate Jr.; February 2, 1876; Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died	January 19, 1968 (aged 91); Mount Kisco, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University; Harvard Law School;
Spouse	Cora Lyman Oliver; (m. 1903; died 1955)
Children	4
Parents	Joseph Hodges Choate (father); Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate (mother);
Relatives	William Gardner Choate (uncle); George Cheyne Shattuck Choate (uncle); Nicholas Platt (grandson);
Awards	Legion of Honour

Joseph Hodges Choate Jr. (February 2, 1876 – January 19, 1968), was an American lawyer who chaired the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers, a group established in 1927 that promoted the repeal of prohibition. Upon repeal in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt named Choate the first head of the Federal Alcohol Control Administration (FACA).

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