William Cohen

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United States Secretary of Defense United States senator author human lawyer politician

William Cohen is an American politician and lawyer who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and previously as a U.S. Senator from Maine.

Aliases (2)

William S. Cohen ×2
William Sebastian Cohen ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Defense → United States senator → author → human → lawyer → politician →
appointedBy	Bill Clinton →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1940-08-28 →
educatedAt	Boston University School of Law NERFINISHED → Bowdoin College NERFINISHED →
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans →
familyName	Cohen →
fieldOfWork	defense policy → national security →
founded	The Cohen Group →
fullName	William Sebastian Cohen →
givenName	William →
hasHonor	French Legion of Honour →
houseTermEnd	1979-01-03 →
houseTermStart	1973-01-03 →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party →
militaryBranch	United States Army Reserve →
notableWork	Dragon Fire → Love in Black and White → One-Eyed Kings →
occupation	author → businessperson → lawyer → politician →
officeEndTime	2001-01-20 →
officeStartTime	1997-01-24 →
placeOfBirth	Bangor, Maine, United States →
positionHeld	Mayor of Bangor, Maine → United States Representative from Maine → United States Secretary of Defense → United States Senator from Maine →
positionHeldForPeriod	United States Secretary of Defense from 1997 to 2001 →
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy	William Perry →
precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy	William Hathaway →
religion	Judaism →
represented	Maine →
senatorialTermEnd	1997-01-03 →
senatorialTermStart	1979-01-03 →
servedInAdministrationOf	Bill Clinton →
spouse	Janet Langhart →
succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy	Donald Rumsfeld →
succeededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy	Susan Collins →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nunn–Cohen Amendment ("William S. Cohen") →	coSponsor
William Cohen ("William Sebastian Cohen") →	fullName
Nunn–Cohen Amendment ("William S. Cohen") →	namedAfter
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service →	notableRecipient
Donald Rumsfeld →	precededBy