BIOGRAPHY Edmund Sixtus Muskie Secretary of State,  Term of Appointment: 05/08/1980 to 01/18/1981

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• Born in Rumford, Maine, on March 28, 1914;
• Graduated from Bates College in 1936 and from Cornell University Law School in 1939;
• Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
• Married Jane Gray in 1948;
• Elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1946-1951;
• Served as Minority Leader, 1948-1951;
• Director of Maine's Office of Price Stabilization, 1951-1952;
• Member of Democratic National Committee, 1952-1956;
• Governor of Maine, 1954-1958; Senator from Maine, 1958-1980;
• Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee;
• Served on the Committees on Foreign Relations, Governmental Affairs, and the Environment and Public Works; Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1968;
• Commissioned as Secretary of State in President Carter's Cabinet on May 8, 1980.
• Entered upon his duties the same day and served until January 18, 1981.
• Died in 1996