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'''Christopher Dodd''', (b. 1944), US Democratic candidate for President in 2008 Copyright 2007, Will Johnson, [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com], Professional Genealogist, All Rights Reserved. This page is locked. If you'd like to comment on it, please email me. ==Christopher Dodd== Christopher John Dodd was born [[May 27]], 1944 in Willimantic, Windham County, [[Connecticut]], the son of Thomas Joseph Dodd and Grace Mary Murphy. His father Tom was also a United States Senator from Connecticut. Chris Dodd graduated from Georgetown Prepatory School in Potomac, Maryland in 1962, from Providence College in Rhode Island in 1966, from the University of Louisville, Kentucky School of Law in 1972. He was in the US Army from 1969 to 1975. In July 1970 he married Susan Mooney, they divorced Oct 1982. He is a US Senator from [[Connecticut]] first elected in 1981. In June 1999, married Jackie Marie Clegg. He lives in East Haddam when Congress is not in session. He has two daughters: Grace (b 2002) and Christina Dodd (b 2005). He is currently running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]] ===Secondary sources for 1=== *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dodd "Christopher Dodd"] at Wikipedia *[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=d000388 "Christopher John Dodd (1944-)"] at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress *[http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/86 "Chris Dodd", "About Senator Dodd"] at Dodd.Senate.Gov *[http://www.wargs.com/political/dodd.html "Ancestry of Chris Dodd"], by Robert Battle, hosted at Wargs.com ==Thomas Joseph Dodd== He was born [[May 15]], 1907 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, the son of Thomas Joseph Dodd and his wife Abigail Margaret O'Sullivan. He graduated from Providence College, Rhode Island and received a law degree from Yale University. On [[May 19]], 1934 he married Grace Murphy of Westerly, Rhode Island. They had six children. He was US Representative from Connecticut 1953-57 and US Senator from Connecticut 1959-71. Thomas J Dodd died in Old Lyme, Connecticut [[May 24, 1971]] ==Primary documention for 2== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Thomas&gsln=Dodd&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=25&recid=12990970&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut] showing : "Thomas J Dodd, 60, married first at 32, born CT/Ireland/Ireland, Realtor; Catherine 27, CT, Teacher; Helen 26, CT, Teacher; Thomas J 22 CT; Margaret 21 CT; Mary E 19 CT". Living next door is his apparent brother-in-law Timothy O'Sullivan, 50, born in the "Irish Free State". ===Secondary sources for 2=== *[http://dodd.senate.gov/%7Edodd/index.php?q=node/3129 "Chris Dodd", "Thomas J Dodd"] at Dodd.Senate.Gov *[http://www.wargs.com/political/dodd.html "Ancestry of Chris Dodd"], by Robert Battle, hosted at Wargs.com ==Grace Mary Murphy== ===Secondary sources for 3=== ==Thomas Joseph Dodd== In 1907 the family lived at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. ===Primary documention for 4=== *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&tips=0&gsfn=Thomas&gsln=Dodd&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&o_it=21416&fh=25&recid=12990970&recoff=1+3 1930 Census of West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut] showing : "Thomas J Dodd, 60, married first at 32, born CT/Ireland/Ireland, Realtor; Catherine 27, CT, Teacher; Helen 26, CT, Teacher; Thomas J 22 CT; Margaret 21 CT; Mary E 19 CT". Living next door is his apparent brother-in-law Timothy O'Sullivan, 50, born in the "Irish Free State". ==Abigail Margaret O'Sullivan== [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] [[Category:Connecticut]]
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