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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 ...
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Edmund „Ed“ Sixtus Muskie war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker aus dem Bundesstaat Maine. Er amtierte als Gouverneur von Maine, US-Senator und Außenminister der Vereinigten Staaten; ferner kandidierte er 1968 für das Amt des US-Vizepräsidenten.
1. Mai 2024 · Edmund Muskie (born March 28, 1914, Rumford, Maine, U.S.—died March 26, 1996, Washington, D.C.) 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.
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21. Mai 2018 · A tall, plainspoken New Englander whose regional accent and cadences remained unchanged throughout his life, Muskie was one of two sons and four daughters born to Stephen Marciszewski, a tailor, and Josephine Czarnecki.
The Maine Democratic Party existed before Edmund Muskie, but his surprising gubernatorial win in 1954 marked a turning point in its history. Muskie was the first Democrat Governor of Maine in nearly 20 years, and only the second in the preceding 40 years. The 1952 election of President Eisenhower, a Republican, triggered a sea change in the ...
He was a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 1980, and was the first elected Democratic U.S. Senator in Maine’s history. With his lanky 6-foot-4 frame, his craggy appearance and his modest manners, Muskie caught the imagination of political analysts, who dubbed him “Lincolnesque.”
Edmund Sixtus Muskie served as President Jimmy Carter ’s Secretary of State from May 8, 1980 until January 18, 1981. A long-time U.S. Senator from Maine, Muskie was tapped to serve as Carter’s second Secretary of State after the resignation of Cyrus Vance following the failed rescue of the American hostages in Iran.
