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{{Officeholder
|name=Paul Kirk
|image=Senator_kirk.png
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Gail Kirk
|religion=Roman Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Massachusetts
|terms=September 25, 2009 - February 4, 2010
|preceded=[[Ted Kennedy]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Scott Brown]]
}}
}}
'''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.
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.
Senator Kirk served on the Armed Services Committee and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
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==
*[http://kirk.senate.gov/ Official Site]
*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/k000374/ Voting record]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Political Operatives]]
[[Category:111th United States Congress]]
[[Category:Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]