Edward Ridley Finch Cox
Born	October 4, 1946 (1946-10-04) (age 61) Southampton, Suffolk, New York
Residence	Manhattan, New York
Spouse	Patricia Nixon Cox (1971 - present)
Children	Christopher Nixon Cox (b. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Town of Southampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, U New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox (born February 21, 1946, in Whittier, California) is the first daughter of the late U 1979)
Parents	Howard Ellis Cox and Anne Crane Delafield Finch

Edward Ridley Finch Cox (born October 4, 1946 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York), the son of Howard Ellis Cox and Anne Crane Delafield Finch Cox, is a lawyer who is best known as the son-in-law of the late President Richard M. Nixon. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Town of Southampton is located in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, U He is the scion of four old American families, the Finches, the Coxes, the Livingstons, and the Delafields. Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin through either biological cultural or historical descent Cox is a partner in the Manhattan law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP ( aka "Patterson" or "PBWT" founded in 1919 is a Law firm headquartered in New York City Cox graduated from Princeton University (the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, class of 1968) and Harvard Law School (class of 1972). Princeton University is a private Coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey. The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (often truncated to Woodrow Wilson School or abbreviated WWS; known as "Woody Woo" in Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University.

Personal history

In 1971, Cox married Tricia Nixon, daughter of then-President Nixon, in a White House Rose Garden ceremony. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Patricia "Tricia" Nixon Cox (born February 21, 1946, in Whittier, California) is the first daughter of the late U The White House Rose Garden is a Garden bordering the Oval Office and the West Wing of the White House. The wedding was described in Life Magazine as "akin to American royalty. " Tricia and Edward have a son, Christopher. They currently reside on Long Island, New York. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous

Professional history

After attending Harvard Law School, Cox was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 1973. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA with about 72000 members is the largest voluntary association of Lawyers in the United States. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. In 1974 he was admitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York Bar Association, Eastern District of New York Bar Association, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Bar Association. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The United States district courts are the general Trial courts of the United States federal court system. The United States courts of appeals (or circuit courts) are the intermediate appellate courts

Cox has held a number of positions in government and professional organizations. Some of these include: Commissioner, New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination; founder of New York Secretary of State's Corporation Advisory Task Force; Member, New York, Federal and American (Corporate Section) Bar associations, New York Bar Foundation, New York City Bar and American College of Investment Counsel; Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Federal Energy Finance Agency; Vice-Chair, New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund; Chairman, State University Construction Fund; Trustee, State University of New York (Chair, Finance and Administration Committee; Co-Chair, Charter Schools Committee; and Co-Chair, Community College Committee); Chair, New York State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Trustee, Fund for Modern Courts; Director, Noble Energy, Inc. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction (an NYSE worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company); Assisted President Nixon with trips to China, Cuba, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, Egypt, France, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Austria, England, Japan, North andSouth Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Pakistan, and Turkey; Fact-finding trips to Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Russia; Member or otherwise active in various foreign policy organizations, including Foreign Policy Association (Director) and Council on Foreign Relations. 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In his current position as a partner at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, he handles corporate and finance law with experience in general representation of public and private entities, including financings, acquisitions, and joint ventures, both domestic and international. He was previously a partner at the now-defunct, old-line New York law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine. Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine was a white-shoe New York law firm In 1997, Mr. Cox and his former law firm were sued by Florida Power & Light for their role in promoting a failed power plant venture in South Carolina. Florida Power & Light Company, the principal subsidiary of FPL Group Inc South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America.

Political Ambitions

Although initially rumored to be considering a run for New York Governor George Pataki's seat should he not seek re-election, he later chose instead to run against Hillary Clinton in the 2006 New York U.S. Senate election for her seat. The Governor of New York is the head of the Executive branch of New York 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is an American politician who was the 53rd Governor of New York serving three consecutive Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from The New York 2006 US Senate election held November 7, 2006 determined that incumbent Democratic Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would continue Initial reports indicated he would run as a fiscal conservative and an environmentalist. However, following Governor Pataki's endorsement of rival Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Cox announced on October 14 that he was no longer running for the U. Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U Jeanine Ferris Pirro (born June 2, 1951) is an American Lawyer, Prosecutor, Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces S. Senate [1].