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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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 (in Lewiston)
surface form: 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 Americans
surface form: Polish American
familyName Muskie
fieldOfWork environmental policy
public policy
givenName Edmund
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: 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
surface form: Rumford, Maine, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: 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 H. Humphrey
surface form: Hubert Humphrey
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: 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

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