Toby Moffett
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Ella T. Grasso |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Johnson |
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Anthony John Moffett, Jr. August 18, 1944 Holyoke, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Syracuse University Boston College |
Anthony John "Toby" Moffett, Jr. (born August 18, 1944) is a former American politician from the state of Connecticut. A Democrat, Moffett served in the United States House of Representatives as the member from Connecticut's 6th congressional district from 1975 to 1983. Moffett is currently the chairman of The Moffett Group, a government relations and strategic consulting firm in Washington, DC.
Moffett was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the son of Lebanese immigrants. He attended Suffield Elementary School in Suffield, Connecticut and graduated from Suffield High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1966 and studied in Florence, Italy from 1963 to 1964. He received his Master of Arts from Boston College in 1968.
An avid Democrat and leading voice on environmental issues, Moffett first appeared on the national scene in the 1970s as an environmental activist and coalition-builder in his home state of Connecticut.
Moffett served as Director of the Office of Students and Youth in the Office of Education within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1969 to 1970, but quit to protest the Vietnam War.
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