Theodore Olson
Theodore Olson | |
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| 42nd Solicitor General of the United States | |
| In office June 11, 2001 – July 14, 2004 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Seth P. Waxman |
| Succeeded by | Paul Clement |
| United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel | |
| In office 1981–1984 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | John Harmon |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cooper |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Theodore Bevry Olson September 11, 1940 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 13, 2024 (aged 84) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Beatie
(m. 1964; div. 1987) Jolie Bales
(m. 1989; div. 1991)Lady Evelyn Booth (m. 2006) |
| Education | University of the Pacific UC Berkeley School of Law |
Theodore Bevry Olson (September 11, 1940 – November 13, 2024) was an American lawyer. Olson served as United States Solicitor General under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2004.[1] He was known for defending same sex marriage and undocumented immigrant children during his legal career.[2] Some of the cases he defended were for liberal causes, despite being a Republican.[2]
In March 2018, Olson turned down an offer to represent Donald Trump in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[3]
Olson's third wife, Barbara Kay Olson (née Bracher), an attorney and conservative commentator, was a passenger on the hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.[4] She planned to leave to California on after celebrating Olson's birthday[5]
Olson died at a hospital from a stroke in Fairfax, Virginia, on November 13, 2024, at the age of 84.[6][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Lewis, Neil A. (February 15, 2001). "Man in the News: Prize Job for a Bush Rescuer, Theodore Bevry Olson". The New York Times.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Theodore B. Olson, Conservative Lawyer Who Took Up Liberal Causes, Dies at 84". The New York Times. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-legal-team-seeks-to-add-gravitas-with-offer-to-star-gop-attorney-theodore-b-olson/2018/03/20/571f1e46-2c41-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html
- ↑ "What Barbara Olson Knew" (YouTube). CNN. April 7, 2008.
- ↑ drjamesfetzer (January 4, 2010). "Pentagon Explosion, No Flight 77: TED OLSON on Barbara: "Its impossible to think of her as Gone"" – via YouTube.
- ↑ Wolfson, Andrew (November 13, 2024). "Theodore Olson, conservative lawyer who backed marriage equality, dies at 84". The Washington Post.
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