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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsTSONGAS, Paul Efthemios
(1941—1997)
Senate Years of Service:
1979-1985
Party:
Democrat
TSONGAS, Paul Efthemios, 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.
Fenno, Richard F., Jr. Senators on the Campaign Trail: The Politics of Representation
. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992.
Tsongas, Paul. A Call to Economic Arms
. Boston: Foley Hoag & Eliot, 1991.
___. Heading Home
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984.
___. Journey of Purpose: Reflections on the Presidency, Multiculturalism, and Third Parties
. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995.
___. The Road from Here: Liberalism and Realities in the 1980s
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Tributes to the Honorable Paul E. Tsongas of Massachusetts in the United States Senate, Upon the Occasion of His Retirement from the Senate
. 98th Cong., 2d sess., 1984. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1984.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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