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Muskie was advocate for environment
by Outspoken on Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:15 am
Muskie was advocate for environment
from the Morning Sentinel
Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Rumford native and the son of Polish immigrants, was the first Democrat to make major inroads in what was a solidly Republican state during the 1950s.
Four years after graduating from prestigious Bates College in 1936, Muskie began practicing law in Waterville. His career was interrupted twice by service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, but Muskie returned to serve three years in the state legislature.
In 1954, he became Maine's first Democratic governor in 20 years. Muskie defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Frederick Payne handily to earn his first term in the U.S. Senate four years later.
Muskie's rise to political prominence hardly stopped there.
Running for President in 1968, Vice President Hubert Humphrey chose Muskie as his running mate. Richard Nixon won that election in a landslide, but the man who had revitalized the Democratic party in Maine went right back to work in the Senate.
He had not forgotten what it was like growing up in Rumford, next to the Androscoggin River that was one of the most polluted in the country. He sponsored 10 major bills addressing environmental concerns between 1963 and 1976.
Muskie also was a key supporter of the Environmental Protection Agency, established in 1970.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4405308.html
from the Morning Sentinel
Edmund Sixtus Muskie, Rumford native and the son of Polish immigrants, was the first Democrat to make major inroads in what was a solidly Republican state during the 1950s.
Four years after graduating from prestigious Bates College in 1936, Muskie began practicing law in Waterville. His career was interrupted twice by service in the U.S. Navy during World War II, but Muskie returned to serve three years in the state legislature.
In 1954, he became Maine's first Democratic governor in 20 years. Muskie defeated Republican incumbent Sen. Frederick Payne handily to earn his first term in the U.S. Senate four years later.
Muskie's rise to political prominence hardly stopped there.
Running for President in 1968, Vice President Hubert Humphrey chose Muskie as his running mate. Richard Nixon won that election in a landslide, but the man who had revitalized the Democratic party in Maine went right back to work in the Senate.
He had not forgotten what it was like growing up in Rumford, next to the Androscoggin River that was one of the most polluted in the country. He sponsored 10 major bills addressing environmental concerns between 1963 and 1976.
Muskie also was a key supporter of the Environmental Protection Agency, established in 1970.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4405308.html
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