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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsPaul Efthemios TSONGAS
(1941-1997)
Senate Years of Service:
1979-1985Party: DemocratTSONGAS, Paul Efthemios,
(husband of Nicola S. Tsongas), a Representative and a Senator from
Massachusetts; born in Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass., February
14, 1941; attended the public schools of Lowell; graduated from
Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1962, and from Yale University
School of Law 1967; attended the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University 1973-1974; lawyer; admitted to the
Massachusetts bar in 1968 and commenced practice in Lowell; served
as Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia 1962-1964, and the West Indies
1967-1968; deputy assistant attorney general of Massachusetts
1969-1971; served as Lowell city councillor 1969-1972; Middlesex
County (Mass.) commissioner 1973-1974; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-fourth Congress, November 4, 1974; reelected to the
Ninety-fifth Congress (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979); was not a
candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was
elected in 1978 to the United States Senate; served from January 3,
1979, to January 3, 1985; did not seek reelection; resumed the
practice of law in Boston; unsuccessful candidate for 1992
Democratic Presidential nomination; co-founder, The Concord
Coalition; was a resident of Lowell, Mass., until his death in
Boston, January 18, 1997; interment in Lowell Cemetery.
Bibliography
Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Tsongas, Paul.
The Road From Here. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981;
Tsongas, Paul. Heading Home. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
1984.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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