Christopher Dodd
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==Christopher Dodd== | ==Christopher Dodd== | ||
| − | Christopher John Dodd was born [[May 27]], 1944 in Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut, the son of Thomas Joseph Dodd and Grace 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. He is a US Senator from [[Connecticut]] first elected in 1981. | + | 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]] | 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=== | ===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://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://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 | ||
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| + | ==Thomas Joseph Dodd== | ||
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| + | He was born [[May 15]], 1907 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. He graduated from Providence College, Rhode Island and received a law degree from Yale University. In 1934 he married Grace Murphy of Westerly, Rhode Island. They had six children. | ||
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| + | Thomas J Dodd died in Old Lyme, Connecticut [[May 24, 1971]] | ||
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| + | ===Secondary sources for 2=== | ||
| + | *[http://dodd.senate.gov/%7Edodd/index.php?q=node/3129 "Chris Dodd", "Thomas J Dodd"] at Dodd.Senate.Gov | ||
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| + | ==Grace Mary Murphy== | ||
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[[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]] | ||
[[Category:Connecticut]] | [[Category:Connecticut]] | ||
