Warren Christopher

**Warren Minor Christopher** (October 27, 1925 – March 18, 2011) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician.

## Early life

Christopher was born in Scranton, North Dakota on October 27, 1925. He was raised in Los Angeles, California. Christopher studied at the University of Southern California and at Stanford Law School.

## Career

Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State under Bill Clinton's presidency. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon B. Johnson administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Jimmy Carter administration.

At the time of his death, he was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers in the firm's Century City, California, office. He also served as a professor in the College Honors Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. At the behest of Al Gore, Christopher oversaw the Vice President's Florida recount effort in the aftermath of the disputed United States presidential election, 2000.

## Personal life

He married Joan Workman during the 1940s. They had two children. They soon filed for a divorce. Christopher soon remarried in 1956. They had two children. Their marriage would last until his death in 2011. Christopher lived in Los Angeles and in Century City, California.

## Death

Christopher died at his home in Los Angeles, California on March 18, 2011, from complications of kidney and bladder cancer. He was 85 years old.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **birth name**: Warren Minor Christopher
- **name**: Warren Christopher
- **image**: Warren Christopher.jpg
- **order**: 63rd
- **office**: United States Secretary of State
- **term start**: January 20, 1993
- **term end**: January 17, 1997
- **president**: Bill Clinton
- **deputy**: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. (1993–1994)
Strobe Talbott (1994–1997)
- **predecessor**: Lawrence Eagleburger
- **successor**: Madeleine Albright
- **order2**: 5th
- **office2**: United States Deputy Secretary of State
- **term start2**: February 26, 1977
- **term end2**: January 20, 1981
- **president2**: Jimmy Carter
- **leader2**: Cyrus Vance (1977–1980)
Edmund Muskie (1980–1981)
- **predecessor2**: Charles W. Robinson
- **successor2**: William P. Clark, Jr.
- **order3**: 7th
- **office3**: United States Deputy Attorney General
- **term start3**: March 10, 1967
- **term end3**: January 20, 1969
- **president3**: Lyndon B. Johnson
- **leader3**: Ramsey Clark
- **predecessor3**: Ramsey Clark
- **successor3**: Richard G. Kleindienst
- **birth place**: Scranton, North Dakota, Scranton, North Dakota, U.S.
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **party**: Democratic Party (United States), Democratic
- **spouse**: Joan Southgate Workman (divorced)
Marie Wyllis (m. 1956 – his death)
- **children**: Lynn, Scott, Thomas, Kristen
- **residence**: Century City, California, Century City, California, U.S.
Carpinteria, California, Carpinteria, California, U.S.
- **alma mater**: University of Southern California <small>(Bachelor of Arts, B.A.)</small>
Stanford Law School <small>(Juris Doctor, J.D.)</small>
- **profession**: Lawyer, diplomat, public servant
- **signature**: Warren Christopher Signature.svg
- **rank**:  Ensign (rank), Ensign
- **serviceyears**: 1942–1946
- **battles**: World War II