Eliot Richardson

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Eliot Richardson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and public official best known for serving in multiple U.S. Cabinet positions and for his principled resignation as Attorney General during the Watergate scandal.

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Eliot Lee Richardson 1
Eliot Richardson canonical 1

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instanceOf United States Cabinet member
diplomat
human
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Richard Nixon
awardReceived Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1920-07-20
dateOfDeath 1999-12-31
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
familyName Richardson
fullName Eliot Richardson self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eliot Lee Richardson
givenName Eliot
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Army
notableEvent Saturday Night Massacre
notableFor principled resignation as U.S. Attorney General during the Watergate scandal
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Attorney General of Massachusetts
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
United States Attorney General
Secretary of Commerce of the United States
surface form: United States Secretary of Commerce

United States Secretary of Defense
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
surface form: United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
precededByAsAmbassadorToUK Walter Annenberg
precededByAsAttorneyGeneral Richard G. Kleindienst
surface form: Richard Kleindienst
precededByAsSecretaryOfCommerce Rogers Morton
precededByAsSecretaryOfDefense Melvin Laird
precededByAsSecretaryOfHEW Robert H. Finch
reasonForNotableResignation refusal to fire Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox
succeededByAsAmbassadorToUK Anne Armstrong
succeededByAsAttorneyGeneral William B. Saxbe NERFINISHED
succeededByAsSecretaryOfCommerce Juanita M. Kreps
succeededByAsSecretaryOfDefense James R. Schlesinger
succeededByAsSecretaryOfHEW Caspar Weinberger
termEndAsAmbassadorToUK 1976-01
termEndAsAttorneyGeneral 1973-10-20
termEndAsSecretaryOfCommerce 1977-01
termEndAsSecretaryOfDefense 1973-05
termEndAsSecretaryOfHEW 1973-01
termStartAsAmbassadorToUK 1975-02
termStartAsAttorneyGeneral 1973-05
termStartAsSecretaryOfCommerce 1976-02
termStartAsSecretaryOfDefense 1973-01
termStartAsSecretaryOfHEW 1970-06

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Groton School hasAlumni Eliot Richardson
Eliot Richardson fullName Eliot Richardson self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eliot Lee Richardson