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| − | |name=Paul Kirk
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| − | |party=[[Democrat]]
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| − | |spouse=Gail Kirk
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| − | |religion=Roman Catholic
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| − | |state=Massachusetts
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| − | |terms=September 25, 2009 - February 4, 2010
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| − | |preceded=[[Ted Kennedy]]
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| − | |succeeded=[[Scott Brown]]
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| − | '''Paul Grattan Kirk, Jr.''' (born January 18, 1938) is a lawyer and [[Democratic Party]] politician served as the junior United States Senator from [[Massachusetts]] after being appointed by Governor [[Deval Patrick]] to replace the late [[Ted Kennedy]]. He temporally held the seat until Republican [[Scott Brown]] was sworn into office on February 4.
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| − | His appointment caused controversy, after the Democratic super-majority in the state legislature had originally blocked the right of [[Republican]] Governor [[Mitt Romney]] to appoint an interim senator had [[John Kerry]] been elected President in the 2004 election.
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| − | Senator Kirk served on the Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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| − | Kirk is a graduate from [[Harvard]] Law School. Senator Kirk served on Ted Kennedy's staff from 1969 through 1977 and as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1985 through 1989, during Massachusetts Governor [[Michael Dukakis]]' unsuccessful presidential campaign. As a super-delegate in the [[2008 Presidential Election]], Kirk endorsed [[Barack Obama]] in the Democratic primaries.
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://kirk.senate.gov/ Official Site]
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| − | *[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/k000374/ Voting record]
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| − | [[Category:Former United States Senators]]
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| − | [[Category:Political Operatives]]
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| − | [[Category:111th United States Congress]]
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| − | [[Category:Massachusetts]]
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| − | [[Category:Liberals]]
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| − | [[Category:Democratic Party]]
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