Edmund Muskie

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Edmund Muskie was an influential American Democratic politician and long-serving U.S. senator from Maine who later became Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter.

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instanceOf American politician
human
appointedBy Jimmy Carter
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom
candidateIn 1968 United States presidential election
1972 Democratic Party presidential primaries
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-03-28
dateOfDeath 1996-03-26
educatedAt Bates College
Cornell Law School
endTime (Governor of Maine) 1959
endTime (U.S. Secretary of State) 1981
endTime (U.S. Senate service) 1980
ethnicGroup Polish American
linked to: Polish Americans
familyName Muskie
fieldOfWork environmental policy
public policy
givenName Edmund
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
linked to: Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Navy
notableWork advocacy for environmental protection legislation
sponsorship of the Clean Air Act of 1970
sponsorship of the Clean Water Act of 1972
numberOfChildren 5
occupation lawyer
politician
officeContested President of the United States
Vice President of the United States
placeOfBirth Rumford, Maine, United States
linked to: Rumford, Maine
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Chair of the Senate Committee on the Budget
Governor of Maine
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
United States Secretary of State
United States senator
ranOnTicketWith Hubert Humphrey
linked to: Hubert H. Humphrey
religion Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
representedInSenate Maine
residence Waterville, Maine, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Jane Gray Muskie
startTime (Governor of Maine) 1955
startTime (U.S. Secretary of State) 1980
startTime (U.S. Senate service) 1959

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