EXECUTIVE · MA · 1965-1967
Elliot Richardson
Lt Governor · Republican · Massachusetts
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Later MA AG, Nixon Sec Def/AG/Saturday Night Massacre
Background
Elliot Lee Richardson (1920–1999) was Massachusetts Lt Gov 1965-67 + AG 1967-69. Held an unmatched 4 Cabinet posts under Nixon + Ford: HEW Secretary, Defense Secretary, Attorney General, Commerce Secretary. As Nixon AG, refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox + resigned in the October 20 1973 "Saturday Night Massacre." Later UK + UN ambassador.
Curated bio from Officium's editorial pass.
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Others who held this office in Massachusetts
- A. Paul Cellucci (1991-1997)
- Evelyn Murphy (1987-1991)
- John F. Kerry (1983-1985)
- Thomas P. O'Neill III (1975-1983)
- Donald R. Dwight (1971-1975)
- Francis W. Sargent (1967-1969)
- Francis X. Bellotti (1963-1965)
- Edward F. McLaughlin Jr. (1961-1963)
- Robert F. Murphy (1957-1961)
- Sumner G. Whittier (1953-1957)
- William F. Sullivan (1951-1953)
- Charles F. Sumner (1949-1951)
- Arthur W. Coolidge (1947-1949)