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Eliot Spitzer
Prior offices
Attorney General of New York
Governor of New York
Personal
Eliot Laurence Spitzer (Democratic Party) was the Governor of New York. He assumed office in 2007 and left office on March 17, 2008.
Prior to being elected governor, Spitzer served as Attorney General of New York from 1999 to 2006.
Biography
Eliot Spitzer was born in the Bronx, New York. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1981 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984.[1] Spitzer clerked for Judge Robert W. Sweet in Manhattan, then joined the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. In 1986, he joined the staff of Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau.[2] Spitzer left the District Attorney's office in 1992 to work at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, where he stayed until 1994. From 1994 to 1998, he worked at the law firm Constantine and Partners on a number of consumer rights and antitrust cases.
Spitzer ran for Attorney General of New York in 1994 and was defeated in the primary
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Spitzer, Eliot
Governor of New York
Born Eliot Laurence Spitzer, June 10, 1959, in New York, NY; son of Bernard (a real estate developer) and Anne (a literature professor) Spitzer; married Silda Wall (an attorney and philanthropic foundation executive), 1987; children: Elyssa, Sarabeth, Jenna. Education: Earned degree from Princeton University, 1981; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1984.
Addresses:Home—New York, NY. Office—Governor's Office, State Capitol, Albany, NY 12224.
Career
Law clerk for Judge Robert Sweet of Federal District Court, 1984–85; associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, 1985–86; prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney's office, 1986–92; attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 1992–94; ran unsuccessfully for New York state attorney general, 1994; attorney, Constantine & Partners, 1994–98; elected New York attorney general, 1998, re-elected, 2002; elected governor of New York state, 2006.
Sidelights
Eliot Spitzer won his bid to become governor of New York state in a 2006 election that marked a turning point for his
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About
Eliot Spitzer was born on June 10, 1959, in the Bronx. He received his undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and his law degree from Harvard Law School. After law school, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Hon. Robert W. Sweet.
After serving as a clerk,Spitzer became an Assistant DA in New York, quickly rising to the position of Chief of the Labor and Racketeering Unit. Later, after a few years working in private practice, Spitzer returned to public service in 1998 by becoming the Attorney General of New York. In eight years as Attorney General, he became a national figure for his landmark cases to protect investors, consumers, low-wage workers and the environment.
Spitzer was inaugurated as New York’s 54th Governor on January 1, 2007. In his first year, he enacted the significant education reform; reduced property taxes for middle-class New Yorkers; and enacted health care reform to cover all children. Governor Spitzer particularly focused on revitalizing New York’s economy and advancing an agenda for economic growth and opportu
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