Lawyer, Democratic Party official. Counsel and director of publications, Nuremberg war crimes trials (1945-1951); deputy chairman, Democratic National Committee (1957-1960).
Papers (1945-1960) consist of correspondence, reports, speeches, meeting minutes and pamphlets relating to political campaigns and issues, state political organizations, and the Democratic Party's Small Business Division; legal papers relating to the Office of the Chief Counsel for War Crimes during the Nuremberg trials. Oral History Interview of Drexel Sprecher, 1972.