Dick Thornburgh

Richard Lewis "Dick" Thornburgh (July 16, 1932 – December 31, 2020) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served as the 41st Governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987, and then as the U.S. Attorney General from 1988 to 1991.

Thornburg resigned as Attorney General to run for the United States Senate in Pennsylvania in 1991, but lost to Democratic Harris Wofford.

Thornburgh died on December 31, 2020 in Verona, Pennsylvania at the age of 88.

References

Other websites
The Dick Thornburgh Papers  at the University of Pittsburgh.
 The Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy 
Finding Aid for the Jay C. Waldman Papers, 1968–2003, AIS.2007.10, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Professional biography, K&L Gates 
Selection of Thornburgh quotes re Puerto Rico
Speaking biography 

Category:Governors of Pennsylvania
Category:United States Attorneys General
Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians
Category:1932 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Lawyers from Pittsburgh
Category:Politicians from Pittsburgh