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    George J. Mitchell

    American politician, diplomat, and judge

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  1. George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) [2] is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995. After retiring from the Senate, Mitchell played a leading role in negotiations for ...

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  2. May 9, 2018 · A popular Maine Democrat, George John Mitchell (born 1933) was the majority leader in the U.S. Senate from 1989 to 1994. George John Mitchell was born in Waterville, Maine, on August 20, 1933. He was the fourth of five children (one daughter and four sons) of Mary Saad and George Mitchell. His mother had emigrated as a young girl from Lebanon ...

  3. Senator George J. Mitchell was born and raised in Waterville, Maine. He is a graduate of Waterville High School, Bowdoin College, and Georgetown University Law Center. Senator Mitchell served as United States Attorney and U.S. District Court Judge for Maine. In 1980, he was appointed to the United States Senate from Maine to complete the term ...

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  5. Senator George J. Mitchell July 4, 1998 Independence Hall Philadelphia, PA. It's an honor for me to receive the Liberty Medal in the birthplace of American democracy. Over two centuries ago a small group of men met here in a constitutional convention that was one of the turning points in human history.

  6. Apr 21, 2023 · Bill Clinton shakes hands with George Mitchell in the Oval Office at the White House after naming the retiring senator to be a special advisor for economic initiatives in Ireland | Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images. Mitchell estimates he’s already flown back and forth to Belfast at least 100 times since 1995.

  7. 0:00 / 48:47. Interview Year: 2015. George Mitchell grew up in a poor neighborhood near Maine’s Kennebec River and experienced firsthand the severe air and water pollution from the paper mill on its shores. During an illustrious career as a lawyer, he took part in enforcing the tough new environmental laws of the seventies as a U.S. Attorney ...

  8. George J. Mitchell. Senator George J. Mitchell served as U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace from January 2009 to May 2011. Prior to that, he had a distinguished career in public service. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 1980 to complete the unexpired term of Senator Edmund S. Muskie, who resigned to become Secretary of State.

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