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Eric Himpton Holder, Jr.
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January 21, 1951, New York, New York, U.S. (age 73)
Title / Office:
attorney general (2009-2015), United States
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Eric Holder (born January 21, 1951, New York, New York, U.S.) American lawyer who was the first African American to serve as U.S. attorney general (2009–15). Holder grew up in Queens, New York, and attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School before enrolling at Columbia University. After graduating with a degree in American history (1973), he remained at Columbia to complete a law degree (1976). In 1976 Holder joined the U.S. Justice Department’s public integrity office, where he prosecuted cases involving government corruption. U.S. Pres. Ronald Reagan nominated him to be a superior court judge for the District of Columbia in ...(100 of 525 words)

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