William F. Weld

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William F. Weld is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as Governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s and later as a prominent moderate Republican and Libertarian figure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Governor of Massachusetts
attorney
human
appointedAs United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
candidateInElection 2016 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1945-07-31
describedAs Rockefeller Republican
surface form: New England moderate Republican

libertarian-leaning Republican
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
University College, Oxford NERFINISHED
endTime 1997-07-29
ethnicGroup New England Yankee
surface form: Yankee
familyName Weld
givenName William
ideology fiscal conservatism
socially liberal Republican
memberOf Libertarian Party presidential ticket, 2016
memberOfPoliticalParty Libertarian Party (United States)
surface form: Libertarian Party

Republican Party
nominatedBy Ronald Reagan
notableFor criminal justice reform advocacy
moderate Republican views
support for abortion rights
support for same-sex marriage
numberOfChildren 5
occupation lawyer
lobbyist
politician
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
partOf Weld family
placeOfBirth Smithtown, New York
positionHeld Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
surface form: Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

Governor of Massachusetts
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
religion Episcopalianism
residence Massachusetts
runningMateOf Gary Johnson
sexOrGender male
spouse Leslie Marshall
Susan Roosevelt Weld
startTime 1991-01-03
workedAt McDermott Will & Emery
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo

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