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William Weld

Bill Weld
William Weld by Gage Skidmore.jpg
68th Governor of Massachusetts
In office
January 3, 1991 – July 29, 1997
Lieutenant Paul Cellucci
Preceded by Michael Dukakis
Succeeded by Paul Cellucci
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
In office
1986–1988
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Stephen Trott
Succeeded by Edward Dennis
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1981–1986
President Ronald Reagan
Preceded by Edward Harrington
Succeeded by Robert Mueller (Acting)
Personal details
Born William Floyd Weld
(1945-07-31) July 31, 1945 (age 71)
Smithtown, New York, U.S.
Political party Libertarian (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Republican (before 2016)
Spouse(s) Susan Roosevelt (1975–2002)
Leslie Marshall (m. 2003)
Children 5
Alma mater Harvard University (BA, JD)
University College, Oxford
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William Floyd "Bill" Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who was the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. He was the Libertarian Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 election, sharing the ticket with Gary Johnson.

As a libertarian Republican, Weld was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1981 to 1986, focusing on a series of high-profile public corruption cases, and as the head of the Department of Justice Criminal Division from 1986 to 1988. He resigned from the latter position in 1988, along with the Deputy Attorney General, in protest of an ethics scandal and associated investigations of Attorney General Ed Meese III.

He was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1990 and was Governor from 1991 to 1997. He was re-elected by the largest margin in Massachusetts' history in 1994 and was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 1996, losing to incumbent Democrat John Kerry. He resigned as governor in 1997 to focus on his nomination by President Bill Clinton to serve as United States Ambassador to Mexico, but because of opposition by the social conservative Senate Foreign Relations committee Chairman Jesse Helms, he was denied a hearing before the Foreign Relations committee and withdrew his nomination.


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