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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.
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...
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,...
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...
Sworn into office on 30 January 1973, Elliot L. Richardson served less than four months and thus had limited impact on the affairs of the department. Born in Boston on 20 July 1920, Richardson...
He was lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1965 to 1967 and Massachusetts attorney general from 1967 to 1969. President Richard Nixon appointed him secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1970. Richardson also served the Nixon administration as secretary of Defense (January to May 1973), and Attorney General (May to October 1973).
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.
