{"id":345,"date":"2016-09-09T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/archives-2\/?page_id=345"},"modified":"2017-02-09T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:50:50","slug":"chronology-of-muskies-life-and-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/archives\/edmund-s-muskie-and-his-legacy\/research-help\/chronology-of-muskies-life-and-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronology of Muskie’s life and work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1914 March 28<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Born in Rumford, Maine<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1936<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Graduated cum laude from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, with degree in history and government.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1939<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Graduated from Cornell Law School and admitted to Massachusetts bar.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1940<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Admitted to Maine bar and established law practice in Waterville, Maine.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1942<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Enlisted in U.S. Navy.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1945<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Discharged from U.S. Navy and returned to Waterville to resume law practice.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1946<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Elected to Maine House of Representatives; reelected in 1948 and 1950 and served as minority (Democratic) leader during second and third terms.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1947<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Waterville.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1948 May 29<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Married Jane Frances Gray in Waterville; children: Stephen (born 1949), Ellen (1950), Melinda (1956), Martha (1958), and Edmund Jr. (1961).<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1951-1952<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served as director of Maine District of Office of Price Stabilization.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1952-1956<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served on Democratic National Committee.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1954<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Elected governor of Maine; reelected in 1956.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1955<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Received honorary doctor of laws degree from Bates College.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1957-1966<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Elected member of Bates College Board of Trustees; served again from 1970 to 1988.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1958<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Elected to United States Senate; reelected in 1964, 1970, and 1976.\u00a0 Appointed to Committees on Banking and Currency (until 1970), Government Operations (until 1978), and Public Works.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1959<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Visited Soviet Union as member of Public Works Committee.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1961<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Appointed to Legislative Review Committee of Democratic Policy Committee and to Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (until 1977).<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1961-1978<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served on Special Committee on Aging.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1962<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Appointed first chair of Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution, Committee on Public Works.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1963<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served as chief sponsor and floor manager of Clean Air Act, first major federal law aimed at air pollution control, amended in 1967 and 1970.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1964<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Initiated establishment of Roosevelt Campobello International Park at site of Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u2019s island summer estate on border between Maine and New Brunswick, and presided as chair of joint U.S.-Canadian commission when United States had chair until his death in 1996.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1965<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served as chief sponsor and floor manager of Water Quality Act, amended in 1970; participated in second Mansfield mission, which warned President Lyndon B. Johnson against open-ended U.S. commitment in Vietnam.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1966<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Elected assistant Democratic whip; served as floor manager of Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development (Model Cities) Act and Clean Water Restoration Act.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1967<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Participated in U.S. mission to observe elections in Republic of (South) Vietnam.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1967-1969<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served as chair of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1968 February 28<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Wrote President Johnson privately, urging halt to bombing of North Vietnam.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1968<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Ran unsuccessfully as Democratic candidate for vice presidency of United States.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1969<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Introduced Intergovernmental Revenue Act; voted against nomination of Clement Haynsworth to U.S. Supreme Court.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1969 October 15<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Called for announced schedule for withdrawal of all U.S. military forces from Indochina, at Bates College.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1970<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Helped pass Water Quality Improvement Act; cosponsored McGovern-Hatfield resolution to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam; voted against nomination of G. Harold Carswell to U.S. Supreme Court; proposed six-month ban by United States and Soviet Union on further deployment of land- and sea-based ballistic missiles, strategic bombers, and antiballistic missile radar construction and upgrading.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1970 April 22<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Addressed Earth Day gatherings in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1970 November 3<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Delivered national television and radio speech in response to President Richard M. Nixon’s election eve statements.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1971<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Became member of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (until 1974) and traveled to Western Europe, Soviet Union, and Middle East.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1972 January 4<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Formally announced candidacy for Democratic nomination for presidency of United States; withdrew April 26, 1972.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1974<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Founded and elected chair of Senate Committee on Budget; served until 1980.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1979-1980<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served on Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1980, May 7<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Resigned from U.S. Senate to become U.S. secretary of state, serving until January 20, 1981.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1981 January 16<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1981-1996<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Practiced law in Washington, D.C., with Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolfe (later Chadbourne & Parke)<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1982-1991<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served as chair of Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission to investigate complaints against Nestle Corporation about violations of International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1984 June 9<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Received Benjamin E. Mays Medal for distinguished accomplishment by alumnus of Bates College.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1986-1987<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Served on President’s Special Review Board (Tower Commission) to investigate secret U.S. arms sales to Iran and diversion of proceeds from those sales to rebels fighting Nicaraguan government.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1989-1990<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Chaired Maine Commission on Legal Needs, sponsored by Maine Bar Foundation to conduct investigation and make recommendations regarding problem of providing poor with equal access to legal assistance.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1996 March 26<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Died, Washington, D.C.; interred at Arlington National Cemetery.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2004 December 25<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n
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Jane Gray Muskie died, Washington, D.C.; interred at Arlington National Cemetery.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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