Eric Holder

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United States Attorney General human lawyer politician

Eric Holder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 82nd United States Attorney General, becoming the first African American to hold that office.

Aliases (2)

Eric H. Holder, Jr. ×1
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Attorney General → human → lawyer → politician →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Juris Doctor →
appointedBy	Barack Obama →
confirmedBy	United States Senate →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1951-01-21 →
educatedAt	Columbia Law School → Columbia University →
endTime	2015-04-27 →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Holder →
fullName	Eric Himpton Holder Jr. →
gender	male →
givenName	Eric →
languageSpoken	English →
legalSpecialty	civil rights law → criminal law →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
nominatedBy	Barack Obama →
notableAchievement	first African American United States Attorney General →
notableFor	advocacy for voting rights → role in Operation Fast and Furious controversy → support for criminal justice reform →
notableWork	co-chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	lawyer → politician → prosecutor →
officeEndTime (United States Attorney General)	2015-04-27 →
officeStartTime (United States Attorney General)	2009-02-03 →
placeOfBirth	The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States →
positionHeld	82nd United States Attorney General → Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia → United States Attorney for the District of Columbia → United States Deputy Attorney General →
precededBy	Michael Mukasey →
religion	Baptist →
residence	Washington, D.C., United States →
senateConfirmationVote	75-21 →
spouse	Sharon Malone →
startTime	2009-02-03 →
succeededBy	Loretta Lynch →
workedFor	Covington & Burling → United States Department of Justice →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eric Holder ("Eric Himpton Holder Jr.") →	fullName
Covington & Burling →	hasNotableAlumni
Shelby County v. Holder ("Eric H. Holder, Jr.") →	hasRespondent
Columbia Law School →	notableAlumni