Edmund Muskie

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American politician human

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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Predicate	Object
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 →
familyName	Muskie →
fieldOfWork	environmental policy → public policy →
givenName	Edmund →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
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 →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
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 →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States presidential election, 1972 →	democraticNominationContender
1968 United States presidential election →	DemocraticRunningMate
Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 presidential campaign →	keyAdvisor