RIP James Watt

[Vandal]

James Watt, combative interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

James G. Watt, who battled environmentalists during a rancorous term as interior secretary under President Ronald Reagan and offended even some allies with the uninhibited rhetoric that ultimately drove him to resign, died May 27 in Arizona. He was 85.
His family announced his death in a statement but did not cite the cause or specific location of his death.

At 42, Mr. Watt was one of the youngest members of Reagan’s Cabinet when he took office in 1981. Like the newly elected president, Mr. Watt was a Westerner — he came from Wyoming, the son of a Republican county chairman; Reagan had been a Republican governor of California — and he wore boots, although not of the cowboy variety, along with his thick glasses.



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[kroxquo]

Didn't he also invent the steam engine?

[SportsFan68]

Despite his Wyoming origins, Watt was not popular in the west. Most of the stop signs in town for a while featured Watt stenciled in at the bottom -- "Stop Watt"

Fortunately, it was cheap spray paint and easily removed.