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Muskie profile highlights path to VP and public service
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Edmund S. Muskie of Maine rises from a Polish immigrant family in Rumford to Bates College and Cornell Law. His political ascent includes Maine House Speaker, state governor, and U.S. senator. He is noted for pollution control work, urban policy expertise, and support for Vietnam, with a large family and a wife from Waterville.
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Enator
Edmund Sixtus Muskie
Maine
Rumford
Marejszewski
Bates College
Cornell Law School
Atlantic
Pacific
Waterville
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Johnson
Washington
Vietnam
Jane Gray
Steven
Ellen
Melinda
Martha
Edmund II