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KLEINDIENST, RICHARD GORDONRichard Gordon Kleindienst, a prominent Arizona lawyer and republican party leader, served as U.S. attorney general from 1972 to 1973. He was charged in the watergate scandals and ultimately pleaded guilty to a perjury charge in 1974. Source for information on Kleindienst, Richard Gordon: West's Encyclopedia of American Law dictionary.
Richard Kleindienst was born in Winslow, Arizona, on August 5, 1923, and served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII. Kleindienst attended the University of Arizona before going to war, finishing his education with a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University and graduating from Harvard Law School in 1950.
4 de feb. de 2000 · Richard G. Kleindienst, who served as attorney general for 10 months in the Nixon administration during much of the Watergate investigation, died of lung cancer Thursday at his home in Arizona.
Richard Kleindienst. 68th United States Attorney General; In office June 12, 1972 – April 30, 1973: President: Richard Nixon: Preceded by: John Mitchell: Succeeded by: Elliot Richardson: 10th United States Deputy Attorney General; In office January 20, 1969 – June 12, 1972: President: Richard Nixon:
Richard Kleindienst, a Republican lawyer and loyalist, assumed the job of Attorney-General on June 12, 1972, just five days before the Watergate burglars were arrested. As the burglars and the ...
Richard Kleindienst supported Richard Nixon in his successful bid to become president in 1968. Nixon rewarded Kleindienst by appointing him deputy Attorney General of the United States in 1969. He held the post for three years and was promoted to Attorney General on 12th June, 1972.
Richard G. Kleindienst Jameson Books , 1985 - Biography & Autobiography - 247 pages The author recounts his life and career as a lawyer, Arizona GOP chairman, and U.S. attorney general, and describes the ethical choices he faced during the Watergate affair.
