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Elliot Richardson

1920 - 1999

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Elliot Lee Richardson (July 20, 1920 – December 31, 1999) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. As a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977, Richardson is one of two men in United States history to hold four cabinet positions. As United States Attorney General, Richardson played a prominent role in the Watergate scandal when he resigned in protest against President Nixon's order to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elliot Richardson has received more than 826,543 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Elliot Richardson is the 17,080th most popular politician (down from 15,355th in 2019), the 11,358th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,749th in 2019) and the 748th most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Elliot Richardson ranks 17,080 out of 19,576. Before him are Alistair Darling, Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, Gérald Darmanin, Baburam Bhattarai, Adolphe Muzito, and Quli Qutb Shah. After him are Arancha González Laya, Khamis Gaddafi, George Lansbury, Vincenzo Sospiri, Phelekezela Mphoko, and Carl Levin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Elliot Richardson ranks 427. Before him are Josef Doležal, Wayne Thiebaud, Simon Pimenta, John O'Connor, Luisa Cuesta, and Marguerite Higgins. After him are McDonald Bailey, István Szívós, Jimmy Witherspoon, Sammy Lee, Errol Barrow, and Les Leston. Among people deceased in 1999, Elliot Richardson ranks 298. Before him are John Cannon, Josef Doležal, Hillary Brooke, Naomi Mitchison, Diane Foster, and Brian Moore. After him are Clayton Moore, Big L, Laurie Scott, Lagumot Harris, Guy Tunmer, and Harry Edison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elliot Richardson ranks 11,358 out of 20,380. Before him are Johnny Rebel (1938), Raphael Tracey (1904), Melissa Hill (1970), Hobart Bosworth (1867), John Bartram (1699), and Ross Alexander (1907). After him are Corey Burton (1955), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), Jerry Rice (1962), Kamala (1950), Edgar Buchanan (1903), and George Siegmann (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Elliot Richardson ranks 748. Before him are Don Young (1933), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Steny Hoyer (1939), Howell Cobb (1815), Horatio Seymour (1810), and Charles J. Folger (1818). After him are Carl Levin (1934), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Rodney Mullen (1966), James Barbour (1775), Liz Cheney (1966), and Jonathan Dayton (1760).

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