Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox 31st United States Solicitor General In office January 1961 – July 1965 President John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Preceded by J. Lee Rankin Succeeded by Thurgood Marshall Personal details Born Archibald Cox, Jr. May 17, 1912 (1912-05-17) Plainfield, New Jersey Died May 29, 2004 (2004-05-30) (aged 92) Brooksville, Maine Political party Democratic Alma mater Harvard University Archibald Cox, Jr. (May 17, 1912 – May 29, 2004) was an American lawyer and law professor who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and later as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. During his career, he was a pioneering expert on labor law and also an authority on constitutional law. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Cox as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.