Elliot Richardson made dramatic history in October 1973 when he resigned as attorney general rather than obey President Richard Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor then investigating the Watergate scandal.
But Richardson, who died Dec. 31 at age 79, should be remembered for more than Watergate. Throughout a long and distinguished career in public service, he was regarded as a man of principle and integrity.
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