Paul G. Kirk
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United States Senator from Massachusetts |
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In office September 24, 2009 – February 4, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | Deval Patrick |
| Preceded by | Ted Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Scott Brown |
| Chairman of the Democratic National Committee | |
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In office February 2, 1985 – February 10, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Manatt |
| Succeeded by | Ron Brown |
| Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee | |
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In office 1983 – February 2, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Curry |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Pratt |
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Paul Grattan Kirk Jr. January 18, 1938 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Gail Loudermilk |
| Education | Roxbury Latin School |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Paul Grattan Kirk Jr. (born January 18, 1938) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 2009 to 2010, having been appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Ted Kennedy. From 1985 to 1989, he served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). He has also served as the co-chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, the chairman of the board of directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and a member of the board of directors of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. In the private sector, he served as a lawyer and lobbyist.
Kirk, one of five children, was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He is the son of Josephine Elizabeth (née O’Connell) and Judge Paul Grattan Kirk Sr., an associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. His father was of Irish and English descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. He attended The Roxbury Latin School and graduated from St. Sebastian's School in 1956, Harvard College in 1960, and Harvard Law School in 1964, and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1965. In 1974, he married Gail Loudermilk. The couple have no children. They reside in Marstons Mills, a village of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Kirk is a great-nephew of the late Cardinal William O'Connell.
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