Charles Christopher Cox is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of the White House staff in the Reagan Administration. Prior to his Washington service he was a practicing attorney, teacher, and entrepreneur. Following his retirement from government in 2009, he returned to law practice and currently serves as a director, trustee, and advisor to several for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
Christopher Cox
Cox with President Ronald Reagan aboard Air Force One in 1986
Senior Associate Counsel Christopher Cox and President Reagan confer in Oval Office, 1988
Cox with President George W. Bush in 2005
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against market manipulation.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr, the inaugural chairman of the SEC
Image: Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. 1938
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