Elliot Richardson | |
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Died | December 31, 1999 (aged 79) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Anne Francis Hazard ( m. 1952) |
Children | 3, including Henry |
Jul 28, 1999 · Jul 28, 1999 at 12:00 am Anne Francis (Hazard) Richardson, 69, the wife of former U.S. Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson, died of complications of Alzheimer's disease Monday at Prince George's...
Jul 28, 1999 · July 28, 1999 Anne Francis Hazard Richardson, 69, who was chairman of the Reading Is Fundamental program from 1981 to 1996, died July 26 at Prince George's Hospital Center. She had Alzheimer's...
Jan 01, 2000 · Mr. Richardson's wife, Anne, died last July. He is survived by three children, Nancy Carlson of St. George, Vt., Henry of Washington, and Michael of Upper Montclair, N.J.; a sister, Mary Conrad of...
Jul 28, 2012 · Richardson’s 25th Anniversary Report to the Harvard College Class of 1941. YEARS IN COLLEGE: 1937-1941. DEGREES: A.B., cum laude, 1941; LL.B., cum laude, 1944(47) – MARRIED: Anne Francis Hazard, Aug. 2, 1952. CHILDREN: Henry Shattuck, Jan. 16, 1955; Anne Hazard, March 28, 1957; Michael Elliot, Jan. 28, 1960.
December 31, 1999Elliot Richardson / Date of death
U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; Richardson refused and resigned effective immediately. Nixon then ordered Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus to fire Cox; Ruckelshaus refused, and also resigned.
Martha MitchellJohn N. Mitchell / Wife (m. 1957–1973)Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon. She became a controversial figure with her outspoken comments about the government at the time of the Watergate scandal. Wikipedia
While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972, Bernstein was teamed up with Bob Woodward; the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon.
attorney general when directed by President Richard M. Nixon to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate break-in and subsequent coverup, died of a cerebral hemorrhage Dec. 31 at a hospital in Boston.
Mr. Richardson, who lived in Mitchellville, was visiting relatives in Massachusetts at the time of his death. His wife, Anne Francis Hazard Richardson, died July 26.
But, in fact, he was deeply troubled by his decision to quit, friends said, because he felt he owed a debt of loyalty and allegiance to the president, who had appointed him to three Cabinet-level positions.
Instead, the attorney general resigned, as did his deputy, William D. Ruckelshaus, when the White House directed Ruckelshaus to do the firing. Eventually, Cox was dismissed by Solicitor General Robert H. Bork. Bork pulled the final trigger in the sequence of events that became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre.".
Mr. Richardson, a lifelong Republican, had served in the Nixon administration as secretary of health, education and welfare, secretary of defense and under secretary of state. During the presidency of Gerald Ford, he was ambassador to Britain and secretary of commerce. In the 1960s, he had been attorney general and lieutenant governor ...