Ken Starr

Ken Starr
Independent Counsel for the Whitewater Controversy
In office August 5, 1994 – September 11, 1998
Preceded by	Robert B. Fiske (Special Counsel)
Succeeded by	Robert Ray
39th Solicitor General of the United States
In office May 26, 1989 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Deputy	John Roberts
Preceded by	Charles Fried
Succeeded by	Drew S. Days III
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office September 20, 1983 – May 26, 1989
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	George MacKinnon
Succeeded by	Karen L. Henderson
Personal details
Born	Kenneth Winston Starr (1946-07-21) July 21, 1946 Vernon, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic (before 1975) Republican (1975–present)
Spouse(s)	Alice Mendell (m. 1970)
Education	George Washington University (BA) Brown University (MA) Duke University (JD)

Ken Starr (born July 21, 1946) is a U.S. lawyer, a former federal U.S. Court of Appeals Judge and a Solicitor General. He was Independent Counsel (which was a special office that investigated government officials) while Bill Clinton was the President of the United States.

Starr filed the Starr Report, which accused President Clinton of lying in court about having an affair with an intern at the White House.

Other websites

• The Starr Report Archived 2011-03-09 at the Wayback Machine