On February 2, 2009, the United States Senate confirmed Eric Holder as the first African American Attorney General in the United States by a vote in the affirmative of 75-21. Holder had been nominated by President Barack Obama on December 1, 2008. He was formally installed on March 27, 2009.
A graduate of Columbia Law School 1976 Holder is a Bronx, NY native. His career started in the justice department as an attorney and later a superior court judge in Washington D.C.
Holder was appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1993 as the first African American United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.
President Clinton later appointed him as Deputy Attorney General to Janet Reno in 1997. Holder’s previous law and Justice Department experience had well prepared him for his selection by President Obama as Attorney General in 2008. After a strong and historic term as Attorney General, Holder announced he was resigning in September of 2014. He remained in office until the installation of the second and consecutive African American Attorney General, Loretta Lynch was installed on April 27, 2015.
No comments:
Post a Comment