What is Richard Kleindienst?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Richard Kleindienst |image = Attorney General Richard Kleindienst.jpg |office = 68th [[United States Attorney General]] |president = [[Richard Nixon]] |term_start = June 12, 1972 |term_end = April 30, 1973 |predecessor = [[John N. Mitchell|John Mitchell]] |successor = [[Elliot Richardson]] |office1 = 10th [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] |president1 = Richard Nixon |term_start1 = January 20, 1969 |term_end1 = June 12, 1972 |predecessor1 = [[Warren Christopher]] |successor1 = [[Ralph E. Erickson|Ralph Erickson]] |birth_name = Richard Gordon Kleindienst |birth_date = {{birth date|1923|8|5}} |birth_place = [[Winslow, Arizona]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2000|2|3|1923|8|5}} |death_place = [[Prescott, Arizona]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Margaret Dunbar |education = [[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}} |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{army|United States}} |serviceyears = 1943–1946 |unit = [[United States Army Air Forces]] |signature = Richard Kleindienst signature (cropped).jpg }} '''Richard Gordon Kleindienst''' /kline-DEENST/ (August 5, 1923 – February 3, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. He was the [[United States Attorney General]] during the [[Watergate scandal|Watergate political scandal]] between 1972 to 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anb.org/articles/07/07-00730.html|title=American National Biography Online: Kleindienst, Richard G.|website=www.anb.org|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kleindienst, Richard}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Lawyers from Arizona]] [[Category:United States Attorneys General]] [[Category:Politicians from Arizona]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:United States Deputy Attorneys