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Muskie, Edmund S

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Muskie, Edmund S(ixtus) (1914–1996)

US Democrat politician. A moderate by ideology and nature, he was a senator from Maine 1959–81 and secretary of state 1980–81. As a senator he concentrated on the environment, specializing in legislation on clean air and water. In the 1968 presidential election he was Hubert Humphrey's vice-presidential candidate. In 1972 he failed in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for president. He became a member of the US Supreme Court 1981.

Muskie was born in Rumford, Maine, and practised as a lawyer. He entered the state legislature in 1947, and was governor of Maine 1955–59.



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