Richard Cates

Richard Lyman Cates (November 22, 1925 – August 3, 2011) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Wisconsin.[1][2]

Background

Born in New York City, Cates served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Cates graduated from Dartmouth College and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1951. Cates served as a Dane County, Wisconsin assistant district attorney. He then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1959 and 1960[3] and later on the Madison, Wisconsin school board. In 1973, Cates served as one of the lawyers on the House Judiciary Committee concerning the impeachment of President Richard Nixon because of the Watergate scandal.[4][5]

Family

His nephew is the lawyer and activist Lawrence Lessig.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Cates played key role in Watergate impeachment, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  2. ↑ Richard L. Cates, Lawton & Cates
  3. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1960,' Biographical Sketch of Richard Cate, pg. 36
  4. ↑ Wisconsin Watergate lawyer dies at 85, La Crosse Tribune
  5. ↑ Richard Cates, Wisconsin Historical Society
  6. ↑ Steven Levy (October 2002). "Lawrence Lessig's Supreme Showdown". Wired. No. 10.10.


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