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Richard G. Kleindienst

AKA Richard Gordon Kleindienst

Born: 5-Aug-1923
Birthplace: Winslow, AZ
Died: 3-Feb-2000
Location of death: Prescott, AZ
Cause of death: Cancer - Lung

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
Party Affiliation: Republican

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Attorney General, 1972-73

Military service: US Army Air Corps (1943-46)

Father: Alfred Kleindienst
Wife: Margaret Dunbar (m. 1948, two sons, two daughters)

    University: Harvard University
    Law School: Harvard Law School (1950)

    US Attorney General (1972-73)
    US Deputy Attorney General (1969-72)
    Arizona State House of Representatives (1953-54)
    American Bar Association
    American Legion
    Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks
    Republican National Committee (1962-63)
    Republican National Committee (1956-60)
    Veterans of Foreign Wars
    Watergate Scandal
    Sued by the ACLU (1-May-1972)
    Perjury 1974 (over his 1972 confirmation testimony, convicted)
    Perjury 1981 (charged in AZ, acquitted, law license suspended one year)


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