Archibald Cox Autographs
Archibald Cox Jr. (May 17, 1912 – May 29, 2004) was an American legal scholar who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. During his career, he was a pioneering expert on labor law and was also an authority on constitutional law. The Journal of Legal Studies has identified Cox as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.
Cox was Senator John F. Kennedy's labor advisor and in 1961, President Kennedy appointed him solicitor general, an office he held for four and a half years. Cox became famous when, under mounting pressure and charges of corruption against persons closely associated with Richard Nixon, Attorney General nominee Elliot Richardson appointed him as Special Prosecutor to oversee the federal criminal investigation into the Watergate burglary and other related crimes that became popularly known as the Watergate scandal. He had a dramatic confrontation with Nixon when he subpoenaed the tapes the president had secretly recorded of his Oval Office conversations. When Cox refused a direct order from the White House to seek no further tapes or presidential materials, Nixon fired him in an incident that became known as the Saturday Night Massacre. Cox's firing produced a public relations disaster for Nixon and set in motion impeachment proceedings which ended with Nixon stepping down from the presidency.
Cox returned to teaching, lecturing, and writing for the rest of his life, giving his opinions on the role of the Supreme Court in the development of the law and the role of the lawyer in society. Although he was recommended to President Jimmy Carter for a seat on the First Circuit Court of Appeals, Cox's nomination fell victim to the dispute between the president and Senator Ted Kennedy. He was appointed to head several public-service, watchdog and good-government organizations, including serving for 12 years (1980-1992) as Chairman of Common Cause. In addition, he argued two important Supreme Court cases, winning both in part: one concerning the constitutionality of federal campaign finance restrictions (Buckley v. Valeo) and the other the leading early case testing affirmative action (Regents of the University of California v. Bakke).
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Current items with a signature of Archibald Cox
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Traded items with a signature of Archibald Cox
The most expensive item with a signature of Archibald Cox (ARCHIBALD COX - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/21/1999) was sold in January 2026 for $764.85 while the cheapest item (JFK LBJ Solicitor General Archibald Cox Hand Signed Autograph Cutting) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2015. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2026 with an average selling price of $184.95 for an autographed item of Archibald Cox. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2025 with $185.25 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2010. In average, an autographed item from Archibald Cox is worth $35.00.
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| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | SIGNED ARCHIBALD COX AUTOGRAPHED HAND WRITTEN LETTER - WATERGATE | $75.00 |  |
| SIGNED ARCHIBALD COX AUTOGRAPHED HAND WRITTEN LETTER - WATERGATE | $75.00 | |
 | SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
| SIGNED BY ARCHIBALD COX - Letter with COX's Original Signature Watergate Content | $184.95 | |
Latest News about Archibald Cox
Philip Heymann, legal scholar and aide to Watergate special prosecutor Archibald (11/30/2021): He later led the Justice Department’s criminal division and served briefly as the top deputy to Attorney General Janet Reno. 
William Ruckelshaus, Who Quit in ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ Dies at 87 (11/27/2019): As deputy attorney general he refused Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the Watergate scandal. He was earlier the E.P.A.’s first leader.
