James G. Watt

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United States Secretary of the Interior (1938-2023)

United States PoliticiansLived 1938 to 2023 · aged 85

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James Gaius Watt was an American lawyer, lobbyist, and civil servant who served as Secretary of the Interior in the Ronald Reagan administration from 1981 to 1983. He was described as "anti-environmentalist" and was one of Ronald Reagan's most controversial cabinet appointments.

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President Ronald Reagan and his Cabinet in 1981, including Watt (back row, sixth from the left)

President Reagan (center) during a meeting with members of the President's Commission on Fiscal Accountability, including Watt (left) and David Linowes (right), in the Roosevelt Room in 1982

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