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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MaineGeorge John MITCHELL
(1933- )
Senate Years of Service:
1980-1995Party: DemocratMITCHELL, George John, a
Senator from Maine; born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine,
August 20, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated, Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine, 1954; graduated, Georgetown University
Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1960; served in the United States
Army Counter Intelligence Corps, Berlin, Germany, 1954-1956;
admitted to the District of Columbia and Maine bars in 1960 and
commenced practice in Portland, Maine, 1965; trial attorney,
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.,
1960-1962; executive assistant to Senator Edmund S. Muskie
1962-1965; practiced law, Portland, 1965-1977; assistant county
attorney for Cumberland County, Maine, 1971; unsuccessful candidate
for governor of Maine in 1974; United States Attorney for Maine
1977-1979; United States District Judge for Maine 1979-1980;
appointed on May 17, 1980, as a Democrat to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Edmund S.
Muskie for the term ending January 3, 1983; sworn in May 19, 1980;
elected in 1982 and again in 1988 and served from May 17, 1980 to
January 3, 1995; not a candidate for reelection in 1994; chairman,
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (Ninety-ninth Congress);
co-chairman, Democratic Policy Committee, Democratic Conference
(One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses); majority
leader (1989-1995); Special Advisor to the President and the
Secretary of State for Economic Initiatives in Ireland (1995-2000);
chairman, Sharm el-Sheikh International Fact-Finding Committee to
examine crisis in Middle East (2000-2001); engaged in the practice
of law in Washington, D.C. (1995-); awarded the Presidential Medal
of Freedom on March 17, 1999; appointed by President Barack Obama
to serve as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2009-).
Bibliography
Mitchell, George J. Making Peace. New York: Knopf, 1999;
Mitchell, George J. Not for America Alone: The Triumph of
Democracy and the Fall of Communism. New York : Kodansha
International, 1997; Mitchell, George J., with William S. Cohen.
Men of Zeal: A Candid Inside Story of the Iran-Contra
Hearings. New York: Viking, 1988.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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