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Edmund S. Muskie

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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1973.2673.1
Edmund S. MuskieUnited States, 1914 - 1996

Maine House of Representatives (1946-1951)

Governor of Maine (1955-1959)

U.S. Senator (1959-1980)

Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate (1964)

Democratic Presidential Candidate (1972)

U.S. Secretary of State (1980-1981)

Edmund Muskie served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951 and Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959. Under President Jimmy Carter, Muskie was appointed the 58th U.S. Secretary of State. In 1968, Muskie campaigned as the Democratic vice-presidential nominee under Hubert Humphrey, but was defeated by Republican vice-presidential nominee Spiro Agnew.

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1973.1.147
Vic Runtz
ca. August 1966
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1973.1.276
Bruce Shanks
ca. August 1968
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1973.291.1
Draper Hill
ca. December 1969
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1973.2677.1
Democratic National Committee
1968
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1973.1.396
Jon Kennedy
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