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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutChristopher John DODD
(1944- )
Senate Years of Service:
1981-2011Party: DemocratDODD, Christopher John,
(son of Thomas Joseph Dodd), a Representative and a Senator from
Connecticut; born in Willimantic, Windham County, Conn., May 27,
1944; graduated from Georgetown Preparatory School, Potomac, Md.
1962; graduated, Providence (R.I.) College 1966; served as Peace
Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic 1966-1968; graduated,
University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Law 1972; admitted to the
Connecticut bar in 1973 and commenced practice in New London;
served in the United States Army 1969-1975; elected as a Democrat
to the Ninety-fourth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-fifth and
Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); was not
a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1980,
but was elected to the United States Senate in 1980; reelected in
1986, 1992, 1998 and in 2004 and served from January 3, 1981, to
January 3, 2011; chair, Committee on Rules and Administration
(January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003), Committee on
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (One Hundred Tenth and One
Hundred Eleventh Congresses); was an unsuccessful candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President in 2008; was not a candidate
for reelection to the Senate in 2010.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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