Dick Thornburgh

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Dick Thornburgh was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania and later as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Governor
United States Attorney General
human
lawyer
politician
academicDegree Bachelor of Engineering
Juris Doctor NERFINISHED
appointedBy George H. W. Bush NERFINISHED
Ronald Reagan NERFINISHED
authorOf Where the Evidence Leads NERFINISHED
birthDate 1932-07-16
birthPlace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
candidateInElection 1991 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2020-12-31
deathPlace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Pittsburgh School of Law NERFINISHED
Yale University
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Thornburgh NERFINISHED
givenName Richard
languageSpoken English
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
militaryBranch United States Army Reserve NERFINISHED
notableWork leadership during the Three Mile Island nuclear accident response
numberOfChildren 4
occupation attorney
lawyer
politician
officeEndTime Governor of Pennsylvania term end 1987
United States Attorney General term end 1991
officeStartTime Governor of Pennsylvania term start 1979
United States Attorney General term start 1988
positionHeld Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED
Governor of Pennsylvania
Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Administration and Management NERFINISHED
United States Attorney General NERFINISHED
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
ranForOffice United States Senate from Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
serviceEndYear 1956
serviceEntryYear 1951
sexOrGender male
spouse Ginny Hooton NERFINISHED
Virginia Judson "Ginny" Thornburgh NERFINISHED
workedAt Kirkpatrick & Lockhart NERFINISHED

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William Barr (as Attorney General of the United States) precededBy Dick Thornburgh
subject surface form: William Barr