Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015
This article is about the American lawyer. For other people, see Eric Holder (disambiguation).
Eric Holder
Official portrait, 2009
82nd United States Attorney General
In office February 3, 2009 – April 27, 2015
President
Barack Obama
Deputy
David W. Ogden James M. Cole Sally Yates
Preceded by
Michael Mukasey
Succeeded by
Loretta Lynch
Acting January 20, 2001 – February 2, 2001
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Janet Reno
Succeeded by
John Ashcroft
29th United States Deputy Attorney General
In office June 13, 1997 – February 2, 2001
President
Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by
Jamie Gorelick
Succeeded by
Larry Thompson
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
In office January 20, 1993 – June 13, 1997
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
John Ramsey Johnson
Succeeded by
Mary Lou Leary
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office 1988–1993
Nominated by
Ronald Reagan
Preceded by
Virginia Riley
Succeeded by
Judith Bartnoff
Personal details
Born
Eric Himpton Holder Jr.
(1951-01-21) January 21, 1951 (age 73) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Sharon Malone
(m. 1990)
Children
3
Education
Columbia University (BA, JD)
Signature
Eric Holder's voice
Eric Holder comments on voter ID laws in Wisconsin Recorded October 16, 2014
Eric Himpton Holder Jr. (born January 21, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd United States attorney general from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Holder was the first African American to hold the position.[1]
Born in New York City to a middle-class family of Barbadian origin, Holder graduated from Stuyvesant High School, Columbia College, and Columbia Law School. Following law school, he worked for the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice for twelve years. He next served as a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before being appointed by President Bill Clinton as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and subsequently U.S. deputy attorney general.
Holder prosecuted cases involving government corruption.[2] While U.S. attorney, he prosecuted congressman Dan Rostenkowski for corruption charges related to his role in the Congressional Post Office scandal. Following the Clinton administration, he worked at Covington & Burling, representing the firm's multinational corporate clients in litigation. Holder was senior legal advisor to Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign and one of three members of his vice-presidential selection committee. Holder was a close ally and confidante of Obama's and was selected as his first attorney general.
Holder became the first sitting attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress during an investigation of the Operation Fast and Furious ATF gunwalking scandal. The Justice Department's inspector general under Obama refused to prosecute him and later cleared him of the charges. After he was succeeded as attorney general by Loretta Lynch in April 2015, Holder returned to Covington & Burling, where he continues to practice corporate litigation, and is also involved with efforts at gerrymandering reform through the National Democratic Redistricting Committee.
^Johnson, Carrie (February 3, 2009). "Holder Confirmed As the First Black Attorney General: Nominee Overcame Objections in GOP". The Washington Post. p. A02. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
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