William Humphrey

William Humphrey was a conservative commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission who became the center of a landmark Supreme Court case, Humphrey's Executor v. United States, in 1935. This case established important precedents regarding the limits of presidential power to remove agency heads, determining that the president does not possess unlimited authority to dismiss officials from independent regulatory agencies. Humphrey's dismissal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt over policy disagreements led to a significant legal decision that shaped the relationship between the executive branch and independent agencies.