Elliot Richardson
United States Secretary of Commerce
Born on: July 20, 1920Died on: December 31, 1999
Aged: 79 years 164 days (953 months)
Birth Sign: Cancer
Elliot Lee Richardson was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977.
A member of the Republican Party, Richardson is one of two persons to hold four cabinet positions, the other being George Shultz.
As United States attorney general, Richardson played a prominent role in the Watergate scandal when he resigned in protest against President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
His resignation precipitated a crisis of confidence in Nixon which ultimately led to the president's resignation.
Related People
United States Secretary of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce
United States Secretary of Commerce
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License