William Hathaway

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name =William Dodd Hathaway


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state2 =Maine
district2 =2nd
term_start2 =January 3, 1965
term_end2 =January 3, 1973
preceded2 =Clifford G. McIntire
succeeded2 =William Cohen
jr/sr =United States Senator
state =Maine
term_start =January 3, 1973
term_end =January 2, 1979
preceded =Margaret C. Smith
succeeded =William Cohen
birth_date =February 21, 1924
birth_place =Cambridge, Massachusetts
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party =Democratic
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alma_mater =Harvard University
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William Dodd Hathaway (born February 21, 1924) is an American Democratic Party politician from Maine.

He was born in Cambridge Mass. He served in WWII in the Army Air Corps, where he was shot down and was a prisoner of war for a short time. After WWII he attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School, being graduated in 1953. He then moved to Maine and practiced law in Lewiston.

He served in a variety of local and state offices. His legislative career began when he was elected to the U.S. House as a Democrat and served in that body from 1965 until 1973. This was a time of resurgence for Democrats in Maine, at that time a traditionally Republican state. This same period saw the growth of the political careers of Maine politicians Edmund S. Muskie and Kenneth M. Curtis. After four terms in the House, Mr. Hathaway then served as a member of the United States Senate from 1973 until 1979.

Hathaway was first elected to the House in 1964. He defeated renowned incumbent U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith with a small majority in 1972, but was defeated for reelection in 1978 by Republican Congressman William Cohen.

After his congressional career, Mr. Hathaway remained as a resident of the Washington, DC area, practicing law there. He was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to the Federal Maritime Commission in 1990, and served as its chairman from 1993-1996. He retired in 1996 and continues to live in the Washington, D.C. area.

USRSB
state=Maine
before=Clifford G. McIntire
district=2
years=1965 – 1973
after=Bill CohenU.S. Senator box
before=Margaret Chase Smith
state=Maine
class=2
years= 1973 – 1979
alongside=Edmund Muskie
after=Bill Cohen
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