| LC control no. | n 80089218 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cleland, Max, 1942-2021 |
| Variant(s) | Cleland, Joseph Maxwell, 1942-2021 |
| Birth date | 1942-08-24 |
| Death date | 2021-11-09 |
| Place of birth | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Cleland nomination, 1977. Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed November 10, 2021 (Cleland, Joseph Maxwell (Max), a Senator from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga., August 24, 1942; grew up in Lithonia and graduated from Lithonia High School 1960; graduated from Stetson University, DeLand, Fla. 1964; received a Master's degree from Emory University 1968; served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of captain 1965-1968; wounded in combat in Vietnam; member of the Georgia state senate 1971-1975; unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor 1974; consultant to Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs 1975, professional Senate staff member 1975-1977; appointed administrator of United States Veterans Administration by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, and served until 1981; Georgia Secretary of State 1982-1996; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1996, and served from January 3, 1997 to January 3, 2003; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2002; was a resident of Atlanta, Ga., until his death on November 9, 2021) |
| Associated language | eng |
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