Clark Clifford Politician

Clark McAdams Clifford (December 25, 1906 – October 10, 1998) was an American lawyer who served United States Presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, serving as Secretary of Defense for Johnson.In his later years, Clifford became involved in several controversies. He was a key figure in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International scandal, which led to a grand jury indictment.

Personal facts

Clark Clifford
Birth dateDecember 25, 1906
Birth place
Fort Scott Kansas , United States
Religion
Anglicanism
Episcopal Church (United States)
Date of deathOctober 10, 1998
Place of death
Bethesda Maryland , United States
Education
Washington University in St. Louis

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Office holder

deputy
military branch
United States Navy
military rank
Captain (naval)
party
Democratic Party (United States)
president
service end1946
service start1944
successor
Melvin Laird
Charles S. Murphy

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Clark Clifford on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=g1UEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PA34#v=onepage&q=&f=true
  2. http://openvault.wgbh.org/series/War+and+Peace+in+the+Nuclear+Age
  3. http://openvault.wgbh.org/wapina/barcode9484clifford_4/index.html
  4. http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/19811-1/Clark+Clifford.aspx
  5. http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/oralhistory.hom/CliffordC/CliffordC.asp
  6. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/cliford.htm#subjects
  7. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/coldwar/documents/sectioned.php?documentid=4-1&pagenumber=1&groupid=1