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Ken Starr
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Starr in 2021
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In office
August 5, 1994 ? September 11, 1998
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Preceded by
| Robert B. Fiske
(Special Counsel)
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Succeeded by
| Robert Ray
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In office
May 26, 1989 ? January 20, 1993
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President
| George H. W. Bush
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Deputy
| John Roberts
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Preceded by
| Charles Fried
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Succeeded by
| Drew S. Days III
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In office
September 20, 1983 ? May 26, 1989
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Appointed by
| Ronald Reagan
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Preceded by
| George MacKinnon
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Succeeded by
| Karen L. Henderson
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Academic posts
2004?2016
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In office
November 11, 2013 ? June 1, 2016
| Preceded by
| Robert B. Sloan
(2006)
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Succeeded by
| Position abolished
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In office
June 1, 2010 ? May 31, 2016
| Preceded by
| John M. Lilley
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Succeeded by
| Linda Livingstone
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In office
August 1, 2004 ? June 1, 2010
[1]
| Preceded by
| Charles Nelson
[2]
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Succeeded by
| Tom Bost
[3]
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Born
| Kenneth Winston Starr
(
1946-07-21
)
July 21, 1946
Vernon
,
Texas
, U.S.
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Died
| September 13, 2022
(2022-09-13)
(aged 76)
Houston
, Texas, U.S.
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Political party
| Republican
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Other political
affiliations
| Democratic
(before 1975)
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Spouse(s)
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Children
| 3
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Education
| George Washington University
(
BA
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Brown University
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MA
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Duke University
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JD
)
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Kenneth Winston "Ken" Starr
(July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an
American
lawyer and politician. He was a federal U.S. Court of Appeals Judge and a Solicitor General. He was Independent Counsel (which was a special office that investigated government officials) while
Bill Clinton
was the President of the United States for the
Whitewater controversy
. He was the
United States Solicitor General
during the
George H. W. Bush
administration from 1989 to 1993.
Starr filed the Starr Report, which accused President Clinton of lying in court about having an
affair with an intern
at the
White House
.
Starr died at a hospital in
Houston
,
Texas
on September 13, 2022 from problems caused by
surgery
, aged 76.
[4]
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Acting officeholders shown in
italics
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