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Bill Weld

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William Floyd Weld is an American attorney, businessman, author, and Republican politician who served as the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. Weld is currently running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States of America in 2020. A Harvard and Oxford graduate, Weld began his career as legal counsel to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary before becoming the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and later, the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division. He worked on a series of high-profile public corruption cases and later resigned in protest of an ethics scandal and associated investigations into Attorney General Edwin Meese.
  • Personal 

  • Nixon impeachment inquiry 

  • U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts 

  • Promotion to Justice Department 

  • Governor of Massachusetts (1991–97) 

  • 1996 Senate election 

  • Ambassadorship nomination and resignation 

  • Law firm, private equity partner, and 2004 election 

  • Kentucky college management 

  • Candidacy for Governor of New York, 2005–06 

  • Later political involvement 

  • 2016 Libertarian vice presidential nomination 

  • 2020 presidential campaign 

  • Other activities 

  • Writings 

  • Electoral history