What is Theodore Olson?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Theodore Olson |image = Theodore Olson.jpg |office = 42nd [[Solicitor General of the United States]] |president = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start = June 11, 2001 |term_end = July 14, 2004 |predecessor = [[Seth P. Waxman]] |successor = [[Paul Clement]] |office1 = [[United States Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[Office of Legal Counsel]] |president1 = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start1 = 1981 |term_end1 = 1984 |predecessor1 = [[John Harmon (attorney)|John Harmon]] |successor1 = [[Charles J. Cooper|Charles Cooper]] |birth_name = Theodore Bevry Olson |birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date|1940|9|11}}}} |birth_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2024|11|13|1940|9|11}} |death_place = [[Fairfax, Virginia]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{plainlist| *{{marriage| Karen Beatie | 1964|1987 | reason=div}} *{{marriage| Jolie Bales| 1989|1991|reason=div}} *{{marriage|[[Barbara Olson|Barbara Bracher]]|1996|2001|reason=[[September 11 attacks|her death]]}} *{{marriage|Lady Evelyn Booth|2006}} }} |education = [[University of the Pacific (United States)|University of the Pacific]]<br>[[UC Berkeley School of Law]] }} '''Theodore Bevry Olson''' (September 11, 1940 &ndash; November 13, 2024) was an American [[lawyer]]. Olson served as [[Solicitor General of the United States|United States Solicitor General]] under President [[George W. Bush]] from 2001 to 2004.<ref>{{cite news |first= Neil A. |last= Lewis |author-link= Neil Lewis (journalist) |date= February 15, 2001 |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E2DC1430F936A25751C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |title= Man in the News: Prize Job for a Bush Rescuer, Theodore Bevry Olson |work= [[The New York Times]] }}</ref> He was known for defending [[same sex marriage]] and undocumented immigrant children during his legal career.<ref name=obit/> Some of the cases he defended were for