Edmund Muskie

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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and naval officer who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1946 to 1951. Muskie was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1968 presidential election. Born in Rumford, Maine, Muskie attended Bates College and Cornell University, where he respectively earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. After working as a lawyer for two years, he served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Upon his return, Muskie served in the Maine State Legislature from 1946 to 1951, and unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Waterville. Muskie was elected the 64th governor of Maine in 1954 under a reform...

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