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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Paul Tsongas |
Address | Lowell, Massachusetts , United States |
Email | None |
Website | [Link] |
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February 14, 1941
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Died | January 18, 1997
(55 years)
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Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
Last Modifed | RBH Jan 29, 2020 08:14pm |
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Greek - Cancer - Greek Orthodox -
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Info | born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., February 14, 1941; attended the public schools of Lowell; graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1962, and from Yale University School of Law 1967; attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University 1973-1974; lawyer; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Lowell; served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia 1962-1964, and the West Indies 1967-1968; deputy assistant attorney general of Massachusetts 1969-1971; served as Lowell city councillor 1969-1972; Middlesex County (Mass.) commissioner 1973-1974; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress, November 4, 1974; reelected to the Ninety-fifth Congress (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected in 1978 to the United States Senate; served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1985; did not seek reelection; resumed the practice of law in Boston; unsuccessful candidate for 1992 Democratic Presidential nomination; co-founder, The Concord Coalition; was a resident of Lowell, Mass., until his death in Boston, January 18, 1997; interment in Lowell Cemetery.
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ENDORSEMENTS |
WI District 3 - Nov 08, 1994 |
R |
Steve Gunderson |
MA US President - D Primary - Mar 13, 1984 |
D |
John Glenn |
US President - D Primaries - Jul 01, 1984 |
D |
John Glenn |
US Secretary of Energy - Nov 04, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Chile - Mar 02, 1982 |
NPA |
Reject |
U.S. Surgeon General - Nov 16, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
US Ambassador to Romania - Oct 02, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
R |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
U. S. Secretary of State - Jan 22, 1981 |
NPA |
Reject |
MA US President - D Primary - Mar 02, 1976 |
D |
Morris K. "Mo" Udall |
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