J! Archive - Richard Cordray

	A judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio... Richard Cordray

2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a federal employee). 1987 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 3 5-time champion: $40,303. Richard was the Treasurer of Franklin County, Ohio before being elected to Treasurer of the State of Ohio on 2006-11-07. His official campaign biography mentioned his Jeopardy! wins, and he held a Jeopardy!-themed fundraiser in Cleveland on 2006-11-02. On 2008-11-04, Richard was elected Ohio Attorney General. His official campaign site can be found at cordrayforohio.com. On 2011-07-17, President Obama nominated Richard to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and installed Richard to that post by recess appointment on 2012-01-04. Richard was confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate on 2013-07-16. He resigned in 2017 to run for governor of Ohio. In 2021, Cordray became chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid in the U.S. Department of Education. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: rlc
Richard appeared in the following 5 archived games:

#621, aired 1987-04-27	Richard Cordray vs. Eileen Oshinsky vs. Bob Peck	Richard Cordray game 5.
#620, aired 1987-04-24	Richard Cordray vs. Yaier Lehrer vs. Donna DiMesa	Richard Cordray game 4.
#619, aired 1987-04-23	Richard Cordray vs. Maureen Girr vs. Bob Hansen	Richard Cordray game 3.
#618, aired 1987-04-22	Richard Cordray vs. Marian Evans Melnick vs. Scott Myers	Richard Cordray game 2.
#617, aired 1987-04-21	Larry Dundas vs. Susan Wilcox vs. Richard Cordray	Richard Cordray game 1.

Richard would later appear on Jeopardy! as Richard Cordray in the following 2 archived games:

#736, aired 1987-11-16	Richard Cordray vs. Dave Traini vs. Roger Storm	1987 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
#732, aired 1987-11-10	Richard Cordray vs. Frank Hughes vs. Michael Galvin	1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.