Christopher Dodd

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American politician former United States senator human

Christopher Dodd is an American politician and former U.S. Senator from Connecticut who played a leading role in financial regulatory reform and co-authored the Dodd–Frank Act.

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Christopher J. Dodd 1
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instanceOf American politician ⓘ
former United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1944-05-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Willimantic, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
boardMemberOf Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ
surface form: Motion Picture Association of America
candidateIn Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 ⓘ
surface form: 2008 United States presidential election (Democratic primaries)
coAuthorOf Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Georgetown University ⓘ
surface form: Georgetown University Law Center

Providence College ⓘ
endTime (MPAA leadership) 2017 ⓘ
endTime (U.S. House service) 1981 ⓘ
endTime (U.S. Senate service) 2011 ⓘ
familyName Dodd ⓘ
father Thomas J. Dodd ⓘ
fieldOfWork financial regulatory reform ⓘ
genreOfPoliticalActivity liberal politics ⓘ
givenName Christopher ⓘ
hasChild two daughters ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryBranch Army Reserve ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Reserve
name Christopher Dodd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Christopher John Dodd
notableRole key architect of post-2008 U.S. financial regulation ⓘ
notableWork Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
positionHeld United States representative ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
chair of the Democratic National Committee ⓘ
chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ⓘ
chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America ⓘ
precededBy (U.S. Senate seat) Abraham A. Ribicoff ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedInSenateFrom Connecticut ⓘ
represents Connecticut ⓘ
residence Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: Connecticut, United States
servedIn Peace Corps ⓘ
spouse Jackie Marie Clegg ⓘ
startTime (MPAA leadership) 2011 ⓘ
startTime (U.S. House service) 1975 ⓘ
startTime (U.S. Senate service) 1981 ⓘ
succeededBy (U.S. Senate seat) Richard Blumenthal ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Chris Dodd
Christopher Dodd → name → Christopher Dodd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher John Dodd
Public Law 111-203 → namedAfter → Christopher Dodd ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher J. Dodd