Richard Cates

Richard Lyman Cates (November 22, 1925 – August 3, 2011) was an American Democratic politician and trial lawyer from Wisconsin.

Background Born in New York City, Cates served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Cates graduated from Dartmouth College and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1951. and later on the Madison, Wisconsin school board. In 1973, Cates served as one of the lawyers on the House Judiciary Committee inquiry concerning the potential impeachment of President Richard Nixon because of the Watergate scandal. Cates died in Madison at age 85. His granddaughter is technology entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri. His son, David Allan Cates is an author and the executive director of Missoula Medical Aid.