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    Weld was born in 1945 and grew up in Long Island. He received a bachelor's degree in classics from Harvard College, graduating summa cum laude. He then received a diploma in international economics from Oxford University before returning to Harvard to attend law school, where he received a J.D. Weld clerked for a year at the Massachusetts Supreme J...

    Governor of Massachusetts

    Weld was elected governor of Massachusettsin 1990, defeating Democrat John Silber in the general election to become the first Republican to win the office in 20 years.

    Assistant U.S. attorney general

    Weld briefly served as the assistant U.S. attorney general overseeing the criminal division in the Department of Justice from 1986 to 1987. He eventually resigned after conflicts with U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese, who appointed Weld to the position, over which division of the department should investigate the Iran-contra affair.

    U.S. attorney for Massachusetts

    Weld was named U.S. attorney for Massachusetts after Republican President Ronald Reagan's inauguration in 1981. He served until his promotion to assistant U.S. attorney general in 1986.

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