Edmund Muskie

Edmund Muskie
Muskie in 1980
58th United States Secretary of State
In office 8 May 1980 – 20 January 1981
President	Jimmy Carter
Deputy	Warren Christopher
Preceded by	Cyrus Vance
Succeeded by	Alexander Haig
United States Senator from Maine
In office 3 January 1959 – 7 May 1980
Preceded by	Frederick Payne
Succeeded by	George J. Mitchell
64th Governor of Maine
In office 5 January 1955 – 2 January 1959
Preceded by	Burton M. Cross
Succeeded by	Robert N. Haskell
Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget
In office 3 January 1975 – 8 May 1980
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Fritz Hollings
Personal details
Born	Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-03-28)28 March 1914 Rumford, Maine
Died	26 March 1996(1996-03-26) (aged 81) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Jane Muskie
Children	5
Alma mater	Bates College Cornell University
Profession	Lawyer
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1942–1945
Rank	Lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War II

Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie (28 March 1914 – 26 March 1996) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Muskie was born in Rumford, Maine to a Polish family.

He was the Governor of Maine serving from 1955 to 1959, and a United States Senator from 1959 to 1980. He served as United States Secretary of State from 1980 to 1981 under the Carter administration. President Jimmy Carter gave Muskie the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981.^[1]

Muskie died in Washington, D.C. from congestive heart failure. He was 81 years old.

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