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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJoseph Maxwell (Max) CLELAND
(1942- )
Senate Years of Service: 1997-
2003Party: DemocratCLELAND, Joseph Maxwell
(Max), a Senator from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga., August
24, 1942; grew up in Lithonia and graduated from Lithonia High
School 1960; graduated from Stetson University, DeLand, Fla. 1964;
received a Master’s degree from Emory University 1968; served
in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of captain 1965-1968; wounded
in combat in Vietnam; member of the Georgia state senate 1971-1975;
unsuccessful candidate for lieutenant governor 1974; consultant to
Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs 1975, professional Senate
staff member 1975-1977; appointed administrator of United States
Veterans Administration by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, and
served until 1981; Georgia Secretary of State 1982-1996; elected as
a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1996, and served from
January 3, 1997 to January 3, 2003; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 2002.
Bibliography
Cleland, Max. Heart of a Patriot: How I Found the Courage to
Survive Vietnam, Walter Reed and Karl Rove. New York: Simon
& Schuster, 2009; Cleland, Max. Strong at the Broken Places:
A Personal Story. Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Co., 1986.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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