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    Edmund Muskie

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  1. Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of ...

    • 1942–1945
  2. How the Maine senator's brief presidential run, derailed by a fake letter and a tearful denial, shaped a generation of Democratic leaders in the state. Learn about Muskie's rise, fall, and legacy from this Down East Magazine article.

  3. Feb 9, 2020 · February 9, 2020 at 7:30 a.m. EST. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine, then a Democratic presidential primary candidate, in New Hampshire in 1972. (Bettmann/Bettmann Archive) The most notorious fake ...

  4. May 1, 2024 · Edmund Muskie was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maine (1955–59), U.S. senator (1959–80), and secretary of state (1980–81) in the cabinet of Pres. Jimmy Carter. After graduating cum laude from Bates College in 1936 and from Cornell Law School in 1939, Muskie began.

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  5. Mar 27, 1996 · Edmund S. Muskie, the charming if often volatile Democrat from Maine who served as his state's Governor, as United States Senator and briefly as Secretary of State, died early today at the ...

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  7. May 21, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Edmund Muskie, a Democrat from Maine who served in the Senate, ran for president, and led the fight for clean air and water. Find out how he became known as "Mr. Clean" and why he clashed with Lyndon Johnson.

  8. Edmund Muskie (1914-1996) was a Democratic governor, U.S. senator and presidential candidate from Maine. He served as a state legislator, a Navy veteran, a U.S. senator and a U.S. Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter. He was known for his environmental and fiscal stances, his dry humor and his candidacy in 1972.

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