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{{short description|United States Attorney General (1972 to 1973)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Richard Kleindienst
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|predecessor1 = [[Warren Christopher]]
|successor1 = [[Ralph E. Erickson|Ralph Erickson]]
|birth_name = Richard Gordon Kleindienst
|birth_date = {{birth date|1923|8|5}}
|birth_place = [[Winslow, Arizona]], U.S.
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|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Margaret Dunbar
|children = Wallace Kleindienst
|education = [[Harvard University]]
|allegiance = {{flag|United States}}▼
|branch = {{army|United States}}▼
|serviceyears = 1943–1946▼
|unit = [[United States Army Air Corps]]▼
|signature = Richard Kleindienst signature (cropped).jpg
▲|serviceyears = 1943–1946
}}
'''Richard Gordon Kleindienst'''
==Early life and career==
Kleindienst was born August 5, 1923, in [[Winslow, Arizona]], the son of Gladys (Love) and Alfred R. Kleindienst.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anb.org/articles/07/07-00730.html |title=Kleindienst, Richard G. |first=Ann T. |last=Keene |date=January 2001 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |via=American Council of Learned Societies }}</ref> He
From 1953 to 1954, he served in the [[Arizona House of Representatives]]; he followed that with some 15 years of private legal practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/ag/bio/kleindienst-richard-gordon|title=Attorney General: Richard Gordon Kleindienst {{!}} AG {{!}} Department of Justice|website=www.justice.gov|date=23 October 2014|language=en|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> He concurrently was [[Arizona Republican Party]] chairman from 1956 to 1960 and 1961 to 1963, and in the [[1964 Arizona gubernatorial election]], the Republican candidate for [[Governor of Arizona]], losing the general election to [[Sam Goddard]],
==Role in Goldwater campaign==
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On January 3, 1964, [[Barry Goldwater]] asked his friend Kleindienst to serve as Director of Operations in his [[Barry Goldwater 1964 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]]. Goldwater stipulated that he would only respond to the [[Draft Goldwater Committee|"draft Goldwater" movement]] if the campaign were led by three [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] close to him: Kleindienst, [[Denison Kitchel]] as Campaign Manager, and [[Dean Burch]] as Assistant Campaign Manager.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perlstein |first1=Rick |title=Before the storm : Barry Goldwater and the unmaking of the American consensus |date=2001 |publisher=Hill and Wang |location=New York |isbn=9780809028580 |edition=1st}}</ref>
Kleindienst had never worked on a national campaign. Political experts told Goldwater that [[F. Clifton White]], an experienced GOP operative, would be a better choice. Goldwater rejected this change, but did agree to Kleindienst and White sharing the role.
▲From 1953 to 1954, he served in the [[Arizona House of Representatives]]; he followed that with some 15 years of private legal practice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/ag/bio/kleindienst-richard-gordon|title=Attorney General: Richard Gordon Kleindienst {{!}} AG {{!}} Department of Justice|website=www.justice.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> He concurrently was Arizona Republican Party chairman from 1956 to 1960 and 1961 to 1963, and in 1964, the Republican candidate for [[Governor of Arizona]], losing the general election to [[Sam Goddard]], 53%-47%.
== Nixon administration ==
[[File:Richard M. Nixon posing with his Cabinet - NARA - 194437.jpg|thumb|Kleindienst in a group photo of Nixon's cabinet on June 16, 1972, fourth from the right in the back row.]]
On February 15, 1972,
Unknown to Kleindienst, leaders of the [[Committee to Re-Elect the President]] (
In April 1982, the [[Arizona Supreme Court]] unanimously suspended Kleindienst from the practice of law for 1 year due to his unethical conduct, accepting a disciplinary recommendation from the state bar association. The suspension was due to statements he made to a bar investigator probing Kleindienst's representation in a 1976 insurance company fraud case.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/24/us/around-the-nation-kleindienst-law-practice-suspended-for-a-year.html Around the Nation; Kleindienst Law Practice Suspended for a Year], United Press International (April 24, 1982).</ref> In October 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court, on a unanimous vote, disbarred Kleindienst, blocking him from practicing before the highest court.<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/10/04/The-Supreme-Court-today-on-a-7-0-vote-disbarred/9746402552000/ Tigh court disbars Kleindienst], United Press International (October 4, 1982).</ref>
== Later life ==
In
He died at the age of 76, of [[lung cancer]], on February 3, 2000.<ref name=ANB/>▼
▲He died at the age of 76, of [[lung cancer]], on February 3, 2000.
==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book|last=Kleindienst|first=Richard|title=Justice: The Memoirs of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst|year=1985|location=Ottawa, Illinois|publisher=Jameson Books|isbn=0-915463-15-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/justicememoirsof0000klei}}
* For Kleindienst's
==References==
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