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- Birth nameElliott Lee Richardson
- Elliot Richardson is an American lawyer and public servant who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. As U.S. Attorney General, he was a prominent figure in the Watergate Scandal, and resigned rather than obey President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox.
Richardson served as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1970 to 1973, Secretary of Defense from January to May 1973, Attorney General from May to October 1973, and Secretary of Commerce from 1976 to 1977. That makes him one of only two individuals to have held four Cabinet positions within the United States government (the other being George Shultz).- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseAnne Francis Hazard(1952 - December 31, 1999) (his death)
- U.S. secretary of commerce (1976-1977).
- U.S. ambassador to Great Britain (1975-1976)
- U.S. secretary of health, education and welfare (1970-1973).
- U.S. secretary of defense (1973).
- Lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (1965-1967).
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