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    Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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  1. 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.

    • 1944–1947
  2. Mar 19, 2024 · Daniel Patrick Moynihan's early life. Born, March 16 in Tulsa, Okla., son of John Henry Moynihan and Margaret Phipps. 1927. Active Duty in the United States Navy, concluding with service as ...

  3. Learn about the life and legacy of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a bipartisan intellectual who served under four presidents and fought poverty. Watch the premiere on March 29, 2024 on PBS and hear from President Biden, Ta-Nehisi Coates and others.

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  5. Mar 28, 2024 · Daniel Patrick Moynihan was an American scholar and Democratic Party politician, U.S. senator from New York state from 1977 to 2001. Moynihan grew up in poverty in New York City and, after service in the U.S. Navy in World War II, attended Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts) on the GI Bill of

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  6. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York left college teaching to address a larger public audience as an elected official. 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 ...

  7. May 15, 2021 · A contemplative Daniel Patrick Moynihan in 1995. Paul Hosefros/The New York Times. “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society ...

  8. Mar 26, 2003 · Daniel Patrick Moynihan was born in Tulsa, Okla., on March 16, 1927, the son of an itinerant, hard-drinking newspaperman who moved the family to New York later that year to take a job writing ...

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