WILLIAM P. BARR

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OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 23, 1950;
New York, New York

EDUCATION:
Columbia University (BA, MA)
George Washington University (JD)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1989-1990
U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
1990-1991:
U.S. Deputy Attorney General
1991-1993:
U.S. Attorney General
2019-2020
U.S.  Attorney General

PORTRAITS:

Department of Justice  Photo (2019)
Department of Justice  Photo (ca. 1991)
Artist: William Alan Shirley (DOJ Portrait)

RESOURCES:

President Bush signs the Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 21, 1991, as Vice President Dan Quayle and Attorney General William Barr stand beside him. (Credit: George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Department of Justice
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

ORAL HISTORY:
UVA Miller Center 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr at Barr’s swearing-in on February 14, 2019 at the White House.(Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)

AG NOMINATION (10/16/1991):
New York Times
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times

AG SWEARING IN (11/26/1991):
C-SPAN

CANDIDATE FOR AG (12/6/2018):
Washington Post
New York Times
Associated Press

AG NOMINATION (12/7/2018):
Washington Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Politico

PROFILES: 
New York Times (8/30/1990)
Wall Street Journal (1/7/2019)
New York Times (6/10/2019)
Washington Post Magazine (9/15/2020)
Axios (1/18/2021)

AG CONFIRMATION (2/14/2019):
Washington Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Politico

CONSIDERING RESIGNATION (2/19/2020):
Washington Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal 

CONSIDERING RESIGNATION (12/7/2020):
Washington Post
New York Times

RESIGNATION (12/14/2020):
New York Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Politico