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Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. As a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977, Richardson is one of two men in United States history to hold four cabinet positions.
Jan 1, 2000 · Elliot L. Richardson, the archetype of the cultivated New England Brahmin who served in an astonishingly broad range of high public positions, and who was best known for his refusal during...
Jan 1, 2001 · lliot L. Richardson, the archetype of the cultivated New England Brahmin who served in an astonishingly broad range of high public positions, and who was best known for his refusal during...
Richardson was hours away from ringing in the darkest period of Richard Nixon's presidency by quitting as attorney general during the Saturday Night Massacre. He had left the office furious,...
Elliot L. Richardson. Richard Nixon Administration. January 30, 1973 – May 24, 1973. Sworn into office on 30 January 1973, Elliot L. Richardson served less than four months and thus had...
Dec 31, 1999 · Elliot Richardson, who resigned as attorney general in 1973 over the Watergate investigation, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1999. He also served as secretary of defense, ambassador to Great Britain and ran for Senate in Massachusetts.
May 21, 2018 · Elliot Richardson was a Harvard-educated lawyer who served in four different cabinet positions under three presidents. He resigned as attorney general in 1973 rather than fire the Watergate prosecutor, and became a symbol of integrity and courage in the face of Nixon's abuse of power.
