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Paul Efthemios Tsongas ( February 14, 1941– January 18, 1997) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the United States Democratic Party.Tsongas was born to a working-class Greek father and Massachusetts mother. He attended Dartmouth and Yale Law School before settling in Lowell, Massachusetts.
He first entered politics as a city councillor and then served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1978 he was elected to the Senate. In 1984, however, he was diagnosed with cancerFor other meanings of Cancer: see Cancer (disambiguation . apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. Cancer is a group of related diseases characterized by uncontrolled cell division. Currently, it is believed that cancers arise from both genetic and left the Senate. After fighting the illness he returned to politics and in 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi ran for his party's nomination for PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Because of the superpower status of th. He ran a strong campaign and succeeded in winning the New Hampshire primaryRichard and Pat Nixon campaigning in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1968 The New Hampshire primary to the U. presidential election is the first U. presidential primary in the United States. For more than 50 years it has been highly influential in both predicti, but was eventually eclipsed by a resurgent Bill ClintonWilliam Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) is a U. politician who served two terms as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A moderate Democrat who was elected Governor of Arkansas five times, Cli, who would go on to win the Presidency. Tsongas was viewed as a centrist who embraced a number of Republican policies. He was especially known for his strongly pro-business economic policies.
A few years later the cancer returned and he died of pneumoniaPneumonia is defined as an infection involving the alveoli of the lungs. It occurs in patients of all age groups, but young children and the elderly, as well as immunocompromised and immune deficient patients, are especially at risk. Causal therapy is wit and liver failure two days short of what, had he won the presidency, would have been the end of his first term.
On January 27, 1998, the Tsongas Arena in Lowell was dedicated in his honor.
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