A Representative and a Senator from Maine. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass. , February 21, 1924. Attended Boston public schools. Served in the United States Army Air Corps 1942-1946, enlisted as a private and discharged as a captain. Was shot down over Romania and held a prisoner of war for two months. Graduated Harvard University 1949, and Harvard Law School 1953. Admitted to the bar in 1953 and began the practice of law in Lewiston, Maine. Assistant county attorney, Androscoggin County 1955-1957. Hearing examiner for the State Liquor Commission 1957-1961. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress. Reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1973). Was not a candidate for reelection, choosing instead to run for a Senate seat. Elected in 1972 to the United States Senate, and served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1979. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978. Resumed the practice of law in Washington, D. C. , until 1990, when appointed to the Federal Maritime Commission by President George H. W. Bush and served until 1996, serving as chairman 1993-1996. Retired in 1996. Was a resident of McLean, Va. , until his death on June 24, 2013. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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