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About Elliot Richardson
Elliot Lee Richardson was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Richardson is one of two persons to hold four cabinet positions, the other being George Shultz. As United States attorney general, Richardson played a prominent role in the Watergate scandal when he resigned in protest against President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. His resignation precipitated a crisis of confidence in Nixon which ultimately led to the president's resignation.
Everything about Elliot Richardson →- Occupation
- jurist, politician, lawyer, diplomat
- Position held
- United States Attorney General, United States Secretary of Commerce, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, United States Secretary of Defense
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 20, 1920
- Died
- December 31, 1999