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==Thomas Joseph Dodd== | ==Thomas Joseph Dodd== | ||
| − | Thomas Joseph Dodd was born | + | Thomas Joseph Dodd was born 15 May 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 19 May 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. | + | He was US Representative from Connecticut 1953-57 and US Senator from Connecticut 1959-71. Thomas J Dodd died in Old Lyme, Connecticut 24 May 1971. |
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| − | Thomas J Dodd died in Old Lyme, Connecticut | + | |
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*The name Thomas Dodd appears in the ''The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut)'' over 200 times, here are a few selections: | *The name Thomas Dodd appears in the ''The Bridgeport Telegram (Bridgeport, Connecticut)'' over 200 times, here are a few selections: | ||
| − | **[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6745&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_TE.1947_09_16_0032&r=an&rc=2346,4875,2494,4917;2593,4875,2716,4917&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=496812064 Article one] | + | **[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6745&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_TE.1947_09_16_0032&r=an&rc=2346,4875,2494,4917;2593,4875,2716,4917&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=496812064 Article one] 16 Sep 1947 : "Three possibilities for the Democratic nomination for Governor, Thomas J Dodd, Chester Bowles and former Gov Wilbert Snow, will speak Thursday night at Hotel Bond...." |
| − | **[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6745&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_TE.1951_04_26_0066&r=an&rc=2535,454,2644,483;2717,454,2790,483&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=498755650 Article two] | + | **[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6745&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_TE.1951_04_26_0066&r=an&rc=2535,454,2644,483;2717,454,2790,483&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=498755650 Article two] 26 Apr 1951 : "...Mr Goldfine's attorney for the purchase, Thomas J Dodd of Hartford — a chief prosecutor at the Nurenburg trials — said today...." |
| − | **[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6745&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_TE.1956_11_28_0039&r=an&rc=2055,1162,2181,1199;2265,1162,2370,1199&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=501608487 Article three] | + | **[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=6745&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_TE.1956_11_28_0039&r=an&rc=2055,1162,2181,1199;2265,1162,2370,1199&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=501608487 Article three] 28 Nov 1956 : "In a speech earlier, Congressman Thomas J Dodd, a member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, pledged his support in the coming session of Congress in procuring arms for Israel and a mutual security pact between the United States and that country." |
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=1&gsfn=Thomas&gsln=dodd&=&f9=&f8=&f10=&f6=&f5=&f7=1971&f1=&f15=&f14=&f13=&f12=&f20=&f0=&prox=1&db=ssdi&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=18158281&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing "Thomas Dodd, born 15 May 1907, died May 1971, issued by Connecticut (1957-1958)" | *[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=1&gsfn=Thomas&gsln=dodd&=&f9=&f8=&f10=&f6=&f5=&f7=1971&f1=&f15=&f14=&f13=&f12=&f20=&f0=&prox=1&db=ssdi&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&fh=0&recid=18158281&recoff=1+2 Social Security Death Index] showing "Thomas Dodd, born 15 May 1907, died May 1971, issued by Connecticut (1957-1958)" | ||
| − | *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=91287291&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1018747 ''New York Times''], | + | *[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=91287291&fn=thomas&ln=dodd&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1018747 ''New York Times''], 27 May 1971 (obituary), "1,000 at West Hartford Rites for Ex-Senator Thomas Dodd" |
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==Grace Mary Murphy== | ==Grace Mary Murphy== | ||
| − | Grace Mary Murphy was born | + | Grace Mary Murphy was born 9 Nov 1907. On 19 May 1934 she married Thomas Joseph Dodd of Connecticut, when she is called "of Westerly, Rhode Island". They had six children. She died Jan 1973 while a resident of Old Lyme, Connecticut. |
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[[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | ||
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