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  Muskie, Edmund S.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
  1970-01-01  
 
NameEdmund S. Muskie
Address
Waterville, Maine , United States
EmailNone
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Born March 28, 1914
DiedMarch 26, 1996 (81 years)
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last ModifedRBH
Feb 22, 2022 04:50pm
Tags Caucasian - Polish - Married - Navy - Catholic - Straight -
InfoBorn in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1936, and Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1939; was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1939 and Maine bar in 1940; commenced the practice of law in Waterville, Maine, in 1940; during the Second World War enlisted in the United States Navy and served in the Atlantic and Asiatic-Pacific Theaters 1942-1945; member and secretary of Waterville Board of Zoning Adjustment 1948-1955; appointed district director for Maine Office of Price Stabilization 1951-1952; city solicitor of Waterville in 1954; elected to the State house of representatives in 1946, 1948, and 1950, and was Democratic floor leader 1949-1951; Governor of Maine 1955-1959; elected a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1958; reelected in 1964, 1970, and again in 1976 and served from January 3, 1959, until his resignation May 7, 1980, to enter the Cabinet; chairman, Committee on the Budget (Ninety-third through Ninety-sixth Congresses); unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1968; Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Jimmy Carter 1980-1981; member, President?s Special Review Board (?Tower Commission?) 1987; practiced law and was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death, March 26, 1996; interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Ft. Myer, Va. .


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NEWS
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DISCUSSION
Importance? 9.60000 Average

FAMILY
Wife Jane Gray Muskie 00, 1948-Mar 26, 1996

INFORMATION LINKS
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Edmund Muskie  Discuss
RACES
  08/14/1980 US President - D Convention Lost 0.03% (-64.01%)
  05/08/1980 U. S. Secretary of State Won 97.92% (+95.83%)
  11/02/1976 ME US Senate Won 60.20% (+20.41%)
  07/15/1976 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.13% (-94.14%)
  06/08/1976 ME US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/13/1972 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.07% (-59.00%)
  07/13/1972 US President - D Convention Lost 0.83% (-56.54%)
  06/06/1972 US President - D Primaries Lost 11.51% (-14.26%)
  06/06/1972 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.04% (-86.75%)
  11/03/1970 ME US Senate Won 61.74% (+23.48%)
  06/15/1970 ME US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1968 US Vice President Lost 35.50% (-20.45%)
  07/29/1968 US Vice President - D Convention Won 74.01% (+50.99%)
  11/03/1964 ME US Senate Won 66.62% (+33.23%)
  06/15/1964 ME US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/10/1964 NH US Vice President - D Primary Lost 0.37% (-95.21%)
  09/08/1958 ME US Senate Won 60.76% (+21.53%)
  06/16/1958 ME US Senate - D Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/10/1956 ME Governor Won 59.17% (+18.34%)
  09/13/1954 ME Governor Won 54.49% (+8.99%)
SPECULATIVE, DID NOT RUN
  07/01/1976 US President - D Primaries Lost 0.00% (-39.19%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
US Attorney General - Dec 17, 1973 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger