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'''Daniel Patrick Moynihan''' ([[March 16]], [[1927]] - [[March 26]], [[2003]]) was first elected to the [[United States Senate]] in [[1976]] by the citizens of [[New York]] as the nominee of the [[United States Democratic Party|democratic party]] and re-elected three times, in [[1982]], [[1988]], and [[1994]]. He declined to run for re-election in 2002 and was succeeded by United States Senator [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. Prior to his years with the United States Senate, Moynihan was a member of four successive [[President of the United States|presidential]] administrations, beginning with the administration of [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy]], and continuing through the administrations of [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]], [[Richard Milhous Nixon]], and [[Gerald Rudolph Ford]], serving in various cabinet and sub-cabinet level posts, as the United States [[Ambassador]] to [[India]] from [[1973]] to [[1975]], and as the United States Representative to the [[United Nations]] from 1975 to 1976; in [[February]] 1976, Moynihan served as President of the [[United Nations Security Council]]. |
'''Daniel Patrick Moynihan''' ([[March 16]], [[1927]] - [[March 26]], [[2003]]) was first elected to the [[United States Senate]] in [[1976]] by the citizens of [[New York]] as the nominee of the [[United States Democratic Party|democratic party]] and re-elected three times, in [[1982]], [[1988]], and [[1994]]. He declined to run for re-election in 2002 and was succeeded by another democratic candidate, United States Senator [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]. Prior to his years with the United States Senate, Moynihan was a member of four successive [[President of the United States|presidential]] administrations, beginning with the administration of [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy]], and continuing through the administrations of [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]], [[Richard Milhous Nixon]], and [[Gerald Rudolph Ford]], serving in various cabinet and sub-cabinet level posts, as the United States [[Ambassador]] to [[India]] from [[1973]] to [[1975]], and as the United States Representative to the [[United Nations]] from 1975 to 1976; in [[February]] 1976, Moynihan served as President of the [[United Nations Security Council]]. |
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Daniel Moynihan died at the age of 76 after complications suffered from an emergency appendectomy about a month earlier. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Elizabeth Brennan Moynihan, and three grown children, Timothy Patrick, Maura Russell, and John McCloskey. |
Daniel Moynihan died at the age of 76 after complications suffered from an emergency appendectomy about a month earlier. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Elizabeth Brennan Moynihan, and three grown children, Timothy Patrick, Maura Russell, and John McCloskey. |
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Revision as of 23:04, 26 March 2003
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 - March 26, 2003) was first elected to the United States Senate in 1976 by the citizens of New York as the nominee of the democratic party and re-elected three times, in 1982, 1988, and 1994. He declined to run for re-election in 2002 and was succeeded by another democratic candidate, United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Prior to his years with the United States Senate, Moynihan was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and continuing through the administrations of Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, and Gerald Rudolph Ford, serving in various cabinet and sub-cabinet level posts, as the United States Ambassador to India from 1973 to 1975, and as the United States Representative to the United Nations from 1975 to 1976; in February 1976, Moynihan served as President of the United Nations Security Council.
Daniel Moynihan died at the age of 76 after complications suffered from an emergency appendectomy about a month earlier. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Elizabeth Brennan Moynihan, and three grown children, Timothy Patrick, Maura Russell, and John McCloskey.