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Preceded by
  
James B. Longley

Political party
  
Democratic

Education
  
Boston College

Alma mater
  
Boston College

Party
  
Democratic Party

Name
  
Joseph Brennan

Resigned
  
January 7, 1987

Succeeded by
  
Thomas Andrews

Role
  
Former Governor of Maine


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Full Name
  
Joseph Edward Brennan

Born
  
November 2, 1934 (age 89) Portland, Maine (
1934-11-02
)

Previous office
  
Governor of Maine (1979–1987)

Preceded by
  
John R. McKernan, Jr.

Succeeded by
  
John R. McKernan, Jr.

Joseph Edward Brennan (born November 2, 1934) is an American Democratic Party lawyer and politician from Maine. He served as the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987. He is a former commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission.

Born in 1934 in Portland, Maine, Brennan lived on Kellogg Street on Munjoy Hill. Brennan attended Boston College and the University of Maine School of Law, and became Cumberland County District Attorney before winning election to the Maine House of Representatives (1965–1971) and the Maine Senate (1973–1975). His first statewide candidacy was for Governor in 1974; he lost the Democratic nomination to George J. Mitchell, who he would later appoint to the U.S. Senate. Appointed State Attorney General in 1975, Brennan ran for governor again in 1978, winning the primary and general elections. Brennan was reelected in 1982, serving as governor from 1979 to 1987. In 1986 he ran for the U.S. House in Maine's First Congressional District and won with 53% of the vote.

After two terms in the House, Brennan ran for governor again in 1990, losing to Republican John McKernan. He ran again in 1994, losing to Independent Angus King, but placing second, ahead of Republican Susan Collins. He would face Collins in another statewide election in 1996, running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Bill Cohen, a race which Collins won.

In 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Brennan to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission, a small independent agency that regulates shipping between the U.S. and foreign countries. He was renominated (by President Bush) and confirmed for a second term at the FMC in 2004.

References

Joseph E. Brennan Wikipedia


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