William Weld
| Bill Weld | |
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| 68th Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office January 3, 1991 – July 29, 1997 |
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| Lieutenant | Paul Cellucci |
| Preceded by | Michael Dukakis |
| Succeeded by | Paul Cellucci |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division | |
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In office 1986–1988 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Stephen Trott |
| Succeeded by | Edward Dennis |
| United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | |
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In office 1981–1986 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Edward Harrington |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mueller (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Floyd Weld July 31, 1945 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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