Eliot Laurence Spitzer is a retired American politician, attorney, and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 54th Governor of New York from 2007 until 2008.
Spitzer worked as an attorney in private practice with several New York law firms before becoming attorney general, where he worked for six years as a prosecutor with the office of the Manhattan district attorney. He was then elected to two four-year terms as the Attorney General of New York, serving from 1999 to 2006. He was elected Governor of New York and served as the 54th Governor of New York, from January 1, 2007, until his resignation on March 17, 2008, in the midst of a prostitution scandal.Since his resignation, he has worked as a television host and an adjunct instructor; Spitzer also ran for New York City Comptroller in 2013 and made private investments in a start-up company.
Warning to criminals. <br class="br"> Pressure Mounts on Spitzer to Resign Over Sex Scandal, PBS NewsHour, March 11, 2008, 2012-10-15 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june08/spitzer_03-11.html,
[William D. Cohan, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-01/how-wall-street-scams-counties-into-bankruptcy.html, How Wall Street Scams Counties into Bankruptcy, Bloomberg L.P., July 1, 2012, 2012-10-15]
