Harold Crowell Mitchell (July 8, 1872 – February 22, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Mitchell was born on July 8, 1872, in Seneca Falls, New York, the son of Benjamin F. Mitchell and Lena A. Crowell.[1]
Mitchell attended the Mynderse Academy in Seneca Falls. He began attending Cornell University in 1891 and became a member of Phi Delta Phi.[2] He graduated from Cornell Law School in 1893. He was then admitted to the bar and settled in Rochester. At one point, he was in the office of Judge George F. Danforth and his son Congressman Henry G. Danforth. In 1896, he began practicing law in Rochester, first alone and then as a member of the firm Mitchell and Bostwick. In 1900, he moved to New York City and began practicing law there.[3] At one point, he was associated with the former Attorney General of New YorkAlbert Ottinger, followed by a partnership with Nathan Ottinger. He later practiced independently, with offices at 25 West Broadway.[4]
^"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W2M-633 : 3 June 2020), Harold Crowell Mitchell, 22 Feb 1938; citing Death, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,107,687.