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.

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Label Occurrences
Eric Holder canonical 7
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 Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Holder ⓘ
fullName Eric Holder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States Attorney General ⓘ
surface form: 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. ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Columbia Law School → notableAlumni → Eric Holder ⓘ
Shelby County v. Holder → hasRespondent → Eric Holder ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Covington & Burling → hasNotableAlumni → Eric Holder ⓘ
Eric Holder → fullName → Eric Holder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric Himpton Holder Jr.
Collegiate School (New York City) → hasNotableAlumni → Eric Holder ⓘ
Michael Mukasey → successor → Eric Holder ⓘ
Holder → hasNotableBearer → Eric Holder ⓘ
Sharon Malone → spouse → Eric Holder ⓘ
Sharon Malone → relative → Eric Holder ⓘ