Elliot Richardson

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United States Cabinet member human lawyer politician

Elliot Richardson was a prominent American lawyer and politician who served in multiple high-level U.S. government positions and is best known for resigning as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal rather than obey President Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor.

Aliases (2)

Elliot L. Richardson ×1
Elliot Lee Richardson ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Cabinet member → human → lawyer → politician →
almaMater	Harvard University →
appointedBy	Gerald Ford → Richard Nixon →
authored	Reflections of a Radical Moderate →
awarded	Bronze Star Medal → Purple Heart →
buriedAt	Mount Auburn Cemetery →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1920-07-20 →
dateOfDeath	1999-12-31 →
dateOfResignationAsAttorneyGeneral	1973-10-20 →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Law School →
familyName	Richardson →
fullName	Elliot Lee Richardson →
givenName	Elliot →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences →
militaryService	United States Army →
notableEvent	Saturday Night Massacre →
notableFor	resignation as U.S. Attorney General during the Watergate scandal →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	diplomat → lawyer → public official →
placeOfBirth	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
placeOfDeath	Boston, Massachusetts, United States →
politicalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
positionHeld	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts → Massachusetts Attorney General → United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom → United States Attorney General → United States Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare → United States Under Secretary of State →
refusedOrderFrom	Richard Nixon →
refusedTo	dismiss special prosecutor Archibald Cox →
religion	Episcopalian →
servedInCabinetOf	Gerald Ford → Richard Nixon →
specialProsecutorInvolved	Archibald Cox →
spouse	Anne Hazard Richardson →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Watergate Special Prosecutor →	appointedBy
Reflections of a Radical Moderate →	author
Frontiero v. Richardson ("Elliot L. Richardson") →	defendant
Elliot Richardson ("Elliot Lee Richardson") →	fullName
Saturday Night Massacre →	hasParticipant