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Created page with ''''Elliot Lee Richardson''' (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer who served several high-level cabinet positions in the administrations of [[Richard N...'
'''Elliot Lee Richardson''' (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American [[lawyer]] who served several high-level cabinet positions in the administrations of [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]]. He graduated from [[Harvard]] [[College]] with a bachelor's degree in 1941. After serving in [[World War II]] he became an associate with a private law firm in [[Boston]]. He retired in 1957 after [[President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] appointed him Assistant Secretary for Legislation for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and in 1959 [[Attorney General]] for [[Massachusetts]]. In 1964 he was elected [[Lieutenant Governor]]. Richardson was sworn in as Under [[Secretary of State]] by President Nixon and Secretary for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1970. Richardson went on to serve as Secretary of Commerce under President Ford from 1976-1977.
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[[Category:United States Appointed Officials]]