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'''Charles Mathias''' (b. 1922) is a Republican politician and former United States Senator from the state of [[Maryland]].  He is 1944 graduate of [[Haverford College]] in [[Pennsylvania]]. He earned a law degree from the [[University of Maryland]] in 1949.  Mathias served in the [[Navy]] during [[World War II]].  He was elected to the [[US House of Representatives]] in 1960, and to the [[US Senate]] in 1968.  He retired from the Senate at the end of his third term, in 1987.  Mathias and his wife Ann are [[Episcopalians]]. In the 2008 US Presidential Election, Mathias endorsed [[Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7698239.stm</ref>

'''Charles Mathias''' (July 24, 1922 – January 25, 2010) was a Republican politician and former United States Senator from the state of [[Maryland]].  He is a 1944 graduate of [[Haverford College]] in [[Pennsylvania]]. He earned a law degree from the [[University of Maryland]] in 1949.  Mathias served in the [[Navy]] during [[World War II]].  He was elected to the [[US House of Representatives]] in 1960, and to the [[US Senate]] in 1968.  He retired from the Senate at the end of his third term, in 1987.  Mathias and his wife Ann are [[Episcopalians]]. Always known as a quite [[liberal]] Republican who was at odds with conservatives and critical of conservatives in the party such as [[Ronald Reagan]], in the 2008 US Presidential Election, Mathias endorsed [[Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7698239.stm</ref>