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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 after serving as an adviser to President Richard Nixon, and as the United States' ambassador to India and to the United Nations.
Discover the life and legacy of former U.S. Senator and diplomat Daniel Patrick Moynihan and his fight to end national poverty.
Mar 19, 2024 · Daniel Patrick Moynihan had one of the broadest public careers in U.S. political history, serving four terms in the Senate (NY) under four presidents — two Republicans and two Democrats. This ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Daniel Patrick Moynihan (born March 16, 1927, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.—died March 26, 2003, Washington, D.C.) was an American scholar and Democratic Party politician, U.S. senator from New York state from 1977 to 2001.
Following a varied career as a social scientist, presidential aide, and ambassador, Moynihan came to the Senate in 1976 and served 24 years. A skilled legislator, he excelled at both floor debate and committee negotiation. The New York Democrat promoted policies to aid families and to provide stricter child support enforcement.
May 15, 2021 · Moynihan, an apostle of complexity, lived at the intersection of those two truths, a place where he was free to become one of the most creative American thinkers of the late 20th century.
Mar 26, 2003 · Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the Harvard professor and four-term United States senator from New York who brought a scholar's eye for data to politics and a politician's sense of the real world to...
