Edward J. Markey
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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Assumed office July 16, 2013 Serving with Elizabeth Warren |
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| Preceded by | Mo Cowan |
| Chair of the House Energy Independence Committee | |
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In office March 8, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Committee established |
| Succeeded by | Committee abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 2013 – July 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Niki Tsongas |
| Succeeded by | Katherine Clark |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th district |
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In office November 2, 1976 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Torbert Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Mike Capuano |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 26th Middlesex district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – November 2, 1976 |
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| Preceded by | William Callahan |
| Succeeded by | John McNeil |
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Edward John Markey July 11, 1946 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Blumenthal (1988–present) |
| Education | Boston College (BA, JD) |
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Senate website Campaign website |
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 United States
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 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1968–1973 |
| Rank |  Specialist Fourth Class |
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 Army Reserve
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Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in office since 2013. From 1976 to 2013 he served as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. He previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976.
Markey has focused on energy policy and was Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming from 2007 to 2011. In 2013, after John Kerry was appointed United States Secretary of State, he was elected to serve out the balance of Kerry's sixth Senate term in a 2013 special election. Markey defeated Stephen Lynch in the Democratic primary and Republican Gabriel E. Gomez in the general election. When he left the House, he was its eighth most senior member. In 2014 Markey was elected to a full six-year Senate term. He is the dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation and the second longest-serving current member of Congress from New England, behind Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
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