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Markey, Edward J

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Personal name headingMarkey, Edward J.
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Birth date19460711
Place of birthMalden, Mass.
AffiliationBoston College
Boston College. Law School
Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Found inHis Nuclear peril, the politics of proliferation, 1982: CIP t.p. (Edward J. Markey, memb. of Congress)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, July 29, 2013: (Markey, Edward John, Senate years of service: 2013- ; a Senator and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Malden, Middlesex County, Mass., July 11, 1946; attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School, Malden, Mass.; graduated from Malden Catholic High School, Malden, Mass., 1964; B.A., Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass., 1968; J.D., Boston College Law School, Chestnut Hill, Mass., 1972; lawyer, private practice; United States Army Reserve, 1968-1973; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1973-1976; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Torbert H. Macdonald; reelected to the nineteen succeeding Congresses, and served from November 2, 1976, to July 15, 2013, when he resigned to become a U.S. senator; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in a special election on June 25, 2013, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John F. Kerry, a seat subsequently held by appointed senator William Cowan, and took the oath of office on July 16, 2013, for the term ending January 3, 2015)
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