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Janet Reno
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former Attorney General of the United States (1938-2016)
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Janet Wood Reno was an American politician, prosecutor, lawyer, and jurist. Born in Miami in 1938, she was a member of the Democratic Party and held the position of United States Attorney General. She also served as a state's attorney. Reno was educated at Cornell University and Harvard Law School. She resided in the United States throughout her life and had no children.
Her professional affiliations included membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution. Reno received the National Women's Hall of Fame award and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. She suffered from Parkinson's disease, which was also the cause of her death. She died in Miami in 2016 due to natural causes.
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Key facts
- President
- Bill Clinton
- Deputy
- Philip Heymann Jamie Gorelick Eric Holder
- Preceded by
- William Barr
- Succeeded by
- John Ashcroft
- Born
- Janet Wood Reno , ( 1938-07-21 ) July 21, 1938, Miami, Florida, U.S.
- Died
- November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07) (aged 78), Miami, Florida, U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Education
- Cornell University ( BA ) Harvard University ( JD )
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Janet Reno · ABA Women Trailblazers Project
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Place of death
- Miami
- Occupation
- prosecutor
- Position held
- state's attorney
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Image
- Janet Reno-us-Portrait.jpg
- Number of children
- 0
- Residence
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1938-07-21
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- member of
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- date of death
- 2016-11-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Janet Reno
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- name in native language
- Janet Wood Reno
- described at URL
- abawtp.law.stanford.edu/exhibits/show/janet-reno
- different from
- Ginette Reno
- P10632
- Janet Reno
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Encyclopedic overview
Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the 78th United States attorney general from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, Reno was the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only William Wirt, and the first woman to serve in the position.
Reno was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After leaving to attend Cornell University and Harvard Law School, she returned to Miami where she started her career at private law firms. Her first foray into government was as a staff member for the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. She then worked for the Dade County State Attorney's Office before returning to private practice. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney five times and was the first woman to serve as a state attorney in Florida. President Bill Clinton appointed her attorney general in 1993, a position she held until Clinton left office in 2001.
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