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Theodore Olson
Solicitor General of the United States · 2001
Theodore Olson, Solicitor General of the United States. The Senate voted 51–47 on the nomination on May 24, 2001 (Nomination Confirmed). Theodore Bevry Olson was an American lawyer who served as the 42nd solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004 in the administration of President George W. Bush. He previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1981 to 1984 under President Ronald Reagan, and he was also a longtime partner at the law firm Gibson Dunn.
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- Solicitor General of the United States2001-06-11–2004-07-10
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- Solicitor General of the United States
107th Congress · Nomination Confirmed51–47 · May 24, 2001
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Theodore Bevry Olson was an American lawyer who served as the 42nd solicitor general of the United States from 2001 to 2004 in the administration of President George W. Bush. He previously served as the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1981 to 1984 under President Ronald Reagan, and he was also a longtime partner at the law firm Gibson Dunn.
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