Daniel Patrick Moynihan lived from March 16, 1927 to March 26, 2003 and was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 to 2001, after serving as an adviser to President Richard Nixon and as United States ambassador to India and to the United Nations. He served as Assistant Secretary of Labor under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, publishing the Moynihan Report on Black poverty in 1965, and later chaired the Senate Environment Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. He led the Moynihan Secrecy Commission, which studied the regulation of classified information, and was tied with Jacob Javits as the longest-serving senator from New York until both were surpassed by Chuck Schumer in 2023.
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RoleUnited States Senator (New York), 1977 to 2001; United States Ambassador to India and to the United Nations; Assistant Secretary of Labor under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceTulsa, Oklahoma, United States 1 Place of DeathWashington, D.C., United States 1 Role
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What government posts did Daniel Patrick Moynihan hold besides his Senate seat?
He was Assistant Secretary of Labor and ambassador to India and the United Nations before and around his Senate career.
Before representing New York in the United States Senate from 1977 to 2001, Daniel Patrick Moynihan served as Assistant Secretary of Labor under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, where he published the Moynihan Report on Black poverty in 1965. He was also an adviser to President Richard Nixon and United States ambassador to India and to the United Nations. In the Senate he chaired the Environment Committee and the Finance Committee.
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Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan (; March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist.
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Daniel Patrick "Pat" Moynihan (; March 16, 1927 - March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist.
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Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Moynihan moved at a young age to New York City.
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Openness is now a singular, and singularly American, advantage." "The issue of race could benefit from a period of benign neglect."- Memo to President Richard Nixon "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."- Column on January 18, 1983 The Washington Post.
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