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Archibald Cox Jr. (May 17, 1912 – May 29, 2004) was an American legal scholar who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal.
The "Saturday Night Massacre" was a series of resignations over the dismissal of special prosecutor Archibald Cox that took place in the United States Department of Justice during the Watergate scandal in 1973. The events followed the refusal by Cox to drop a subpoena for the Nixon White House tapes at President Richard Nixon's request.
Jun 11, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Archibald Cox, a legal scholar, former U.S. solicitor general, and Watergate special prosecutor. He was known for his integrity, his clerkship with Learned Hand, and his role in drafting the Landrum-Griffin Act.
May 30, 2004 · Archibald Cox, the special Watergate prosecutor who was fired by the Nixon White House in the ''Saturday Night Massacre'' in 1973, died yesterday at his home in Brooksville,...
Oct 20, 2015 · Forty years ago, when President Richard M. Nixon fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973 in the infamous “Saturday Night Massacre,” seeking to shut down Cox’s criminal investigation before it proved Nixon’s complicity in the Watergate cover-up, the nation’s system of laws hung in the balance. Archibald Cox.
Sep 18, 2023 · Archibald Cox was a Harvard Law professor and a Kennedy adviser who served as solicitor general from 1961 to 1965. He was fired by President Nixon in 1973 for refusing to accept written summaries of the Watergate tapes instead of the originals.
May 10, 2017 · Archibald Cox was appointed by Attorney General Elliot Richardson to investigate the Watergate scandal, which involved Nixon's reelection campaign and a break-in at the Democratic National Committee's office. Nixon ordered Cox's dismissal in the Saturday Night Massacre, but it backfired and accelerated the impeachment process.
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