William B. Saxbe (1974–1975) - Attorney General [cite this] ↑Gerald Ford Home Page William Bart Saxbe was born June 24, 1916, in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. He earned an A.B. (1940) and an LL.B. (1948) from Ohio State University. He served the U.S. Army from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1952. Saxbe's political career began in the Ohio State House of Representatives, where he served from 1947 to 1954; he went on to become Ohio attorney general (1957-1958, 1963-1968). In 1968, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate, serving there until 1974. He resigned in 1974 to become U.S. Attorney General for President Richard Nixon. He continued in that position in the administration of Gerald Ford until 1975, when he became the first person to resign from the Ford cabinet. He then served as U.S. ambassador to India until 1977, returning to law practice in Mechanicsburg thereafter. Gerald Ford Essays Life in Brief Life Before the Presidency Campaigns and Elections Domestic Affairs Foreign Affairs Life After the Presidency Family Life The American Franchise Impact and Legacy [ print all essays ] Gerald Ford Home Citation Information Consulting Editor John Robert Greene Professor Greene is the Paul J. Schupf Professor of History and Humanities at Cazenovia College. His writings include: Presidential Profiles: The Nixon-Ford Years (Facts-On-File, 2006) Betty Ford: Candor and Courage in the White House (University Press of Kansas, 2004) The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford (University Press of Kansas, 1995) Gerald R. Ford: A Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1994) American President has changed! Click here to take a short survey and tell us what you think!