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Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States secretary of state under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States senator from Maine from 1959 to 1980, the 64th governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, and a member of the Maine House of ...
Edmund Muskie (born March 28, 1914, Rumford, Maine, U.S.—died March 26, 1996, Washington, D.C.) was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Maine (1955–59), U.S. senator (1959–80), and secretary of state (1980–81) in the cabinet of Pres. Jimmy Carter.
But in Maine — in modest Democratic Party town offices, in the power corridors of Augusta, and in the wide sweep of the state’s civic life — Edmund Sixtus Muskie is a celestial giant, a star distant enough that its light still reaches us long after its death.
Mar 27, 1996 · Edmund S. Muskie, the charming if often volatile Democrat from Maine who served as his state's Governor, as United States Senator and briefly as Secretary of State, died early today at the ...
Mar 26, 1996 · WASHINGTON, D.C.: Former Maine Senator and Carter Secretary of State Edmund Muskie died from a heart attack early Tuesday at Georgetown University Hospital.
Learn about the life and career of Edmund Muskie, who served as President Carter's second Secretary of State in 1980-1981. Find out his achievements, challenges, and legacy in U.S. diplomacy.
May 21, 2018 · Edmund Sixtus Muskie. United States Senator Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996), the 1968 Democratic vice-presidential nominee and briefly a presidential candidate in 1972, was one of the key congressional leaders in formulating national policy on urban affairs and the environment during the 1960s and 1970s.
