Eliot Spitzer

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Eliot Spitzer is an American lawyer and politician who served as New York State Attorney General before becoming governor, gaining national prominence for his aggressive prosecutions of corporate crime.

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instanceOf American lawyer
American politician
human
lawyer
politician
barAdmission New York
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1959-06-10
educatedAt Harvard Law School
Princeton University
electedIn 2006 New York gubernatorial election
endTime 2006-12-31
familyName Spitzer Space Telescope
surface form: Spitzer
fieldOfWork corporate law
public service
gender male
givenName T. S. Eliot
surface form: Eliot
heritage Jewish Americans
surface form: Jewish American
knownFor Wall Street enforcement actions
aggressive prosecutions of corporate crime
resignation as governor amid prostitution scandal
languageSpoken English
mediaActivity newspaper columnist after governorship
television commentator after governorship
memberOf New York State Bar
name Eliot Spitzer self-link
notableWork actions against mutual fund industry abuses
prosecutions of securities fraud cases
numberOfChildren 3
occupation lawyer
politician
officeEndForAttorneyGeneralOfNewYork 2006-12-31
officeEndForGovernorOfNewYork 2008-03-17
officeStartForAttorneyGeneralOfNewYork 1999-01-01
officeStartForGovernorOfNewYork 2007-01-01
placeOfBirth New York City
politicalParty Democratic Party
positionHeld Attorney General of New York
Governor of New York
precededByAsGovernorOfNewYork George Pataki
reasonForResignationAsGovernor prostitution scandal involving escort service
residence New York City
spouse Silda Wall Spitzer
startTime 1999-01-01
succeededByAsGovernorOfNewYork David Paterson
termLengthAsGovernorOfNewYork less than one full term

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Governor of New York positionHeldBy Eliot Spitzer
New York v. Trump Entrepreneur Initiative LLC initiatedBy Eliot Spitzer
this entity surface form: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
David Paterson precededBy Eliot Spitzer
Albany Academy hasNotableAlumnus Eliot Spitzer
this entity surface form: Eliot L. Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer name Eliot Spitzer self-link
George Pataki succeededBy Eliot Spitzer
Horace Mann School hasAlumni Eliot Spitzer