Archibald Cox

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Harvard University faculty member human lawyer legal scholar university professor

Archibald Cox was an American lawyer and Harvard Law professor who served as the Watergate special prosecutor and became nationally prominent after being fired in the “Saturday Night Massacre” during the Nixon administration.

Aliases (1)

Archibald Cox Jr. ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Harvard University faculty member → human → lawyer → legal scholar → university professor →
appointedBy	John F. Kennedy →
authorOf	Freedom of Expression → The Court and the Constitution → The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government →
awardReceived	Presidential Citizens Medal → Sylvanus Thayer Award →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1912-05-17 →
dateOfDeath	2004-05-29 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Law School → The Hotchkiss School →
employer	Harvard Law School → Harvard University →
familyName	Cox →
fieldOfWork	administrative law → constitutional law → labor law →
fullName	Archibald Cox Jr. →
givenName	Archibald →
memberOf	Democratic Party (United States) →
notableEvent	Saturday Night Massacre →
notableFor	being dismissed during the Saturday Night Massacre → role as Watergate special prosecutor →
notableStudent	Antonin Scalia → Elizabeth Warren →
notableWork	Watergate investigation →
occupation	government official → law professor → lawyer → legal scholar →
officeContested	United States Senate (Massachusetts Democratic primary, 1948) →
placeOfBirth	Plainfield, New Jersey, United States →
placeOfDeath	Brooksville, Maine, United States →
positionHeld	Professor at Harvard Law School → Solicitor General of the United States → United States Watergate Special Prosecutor →
replacedBy	Leon Jaworski →
servedIn	Office of the Solicitor General of the United States → Office of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Phyllis Ames →
workLocation	Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Freedom of Expression → The Court and the Constitution →	author
Archibald Cox ("Archibald Cox Jr.") →	fullName
Groton School →	hasAlumni
United States Watergate Special Prosecutor →	hasFirstHolder
United States Watergate Special Prosecutor →	hasHolder
Saturday Night Massacre →	hasParticipant
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
United States Watergate Special Prosecutor →	notableHolder
Elliot Richardson →	specialProsecutorInvolved