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Joseph Brennan
Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission
In office
November 10, 1999 – January 1, 2013
Nominated byBill Clinton (1999)
George W. Bush (2004)
Preceded byWilliam Hathaway
Succeeded byWilliam P. Doyle
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 1st district
In office
January 7, 1987[1] – January 3, 1991
Preceded byJock McKernan
Succeeded byThomas Andrews
70th Governor of Maine
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 7, 1987
Preceded byJim Longley
Succeeded byJock McKernan
Attorney General of Maine
In office
January 2, 1975 – January 3, 1979
GovernorJim Longley
Preceded byJon Lund
Succeeded byRichard Cohen
Member of the Maine Senate
for the 10th District
In office
January 3, 1973 – January 1, 1975[2]
Preceded byGerard Conley[3]
Succeeded byPhilip L. Merrill[4]
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
for Portland
In office
January 6, 1965 – January 6, 1971
11 members elected At-Large
Personal details
Born
Joseph Edward Brennan

(1934-11-02) November 2, 1934 (age 89)
Portland, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseConstance Brennan
Children2
Alma materBoston College
University of Maine

Joseph Edward Brennan (born November 2, 1934) is an American Democratic Party lawyer and politician from Maine. He served as the 70th Governor of Maine from 1979 to 1987. He is a former commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission.

Born in 1934 in Portland, Maine, Brennan lived on Kellogg Street on Munjoy Hill.[5] Brennan attended Boston College and the University of Maine School of Law, and became Cumberland County District Attorney before winning election to the Maine House of Representatives (1965–1971) and the Maine Senate (1973–1975). His first statewide candidacy was for Governor in 1974; he lost the Democratic nomination to George J. Mitchell, who he would later appoint to the U.S. Senate. Appointed State Attorney General in 1975, Brennan ran for governor again in 1978, winning the primary and general elections. Brennan was reelected in 1982, serving as governor from 1979 to 1987. In 1986 he ran for the U.S. House in Maine's First Congressional District and won with 53% of the vote.

After two terms in the House, Brennan ran for governor again in 1990, losing to Republican John McKernan. He ran again in 1994, losing to Independent Angus King, but placing second, ahead of Republican Susan Collins. He would face Collins in another statewide election in 1996, running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Bill Cohen, a race which Collins won.

In 1999, President Bill Clinton nominated Brennan to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission, a small independent agency that regulates shipping between the U.S. and foreign countries. He was renominated (by President Bush) and confirmed for a second term at the FMC in 2004.

Electoral history

Maine U.S. Senate Election 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Susan Collins 298,422 49.2
Democratic Joe Brennan 266,226 43.9
Green John Rensenbrink 23,441 3.9
Maine Gubernatorial Election 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Angus King 180,829 35
Democratic Joe Brennan 172,951 34
Republican Susan Collins 117,990 23
Maine Gubernatorial Election 1990
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John R. McKernan 243,766 47% -
Democratic Joe Brennan 230,038 44% -
Independent Andrew Adam 48,377 9% -
US House election, 1988: Maine District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph E. Brennan 167,623 60.11
Republican Edward S. O'Meara 111,125 36.78
Majority 79,864 26.44
Turnout 278,748
Democratic hold Swing
US House election, 1986: Maine District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joseph E. Brennan 121,848 53.16
Republican H. Rollin Ives 100,260 43.74
Labor for Maine Plato Truman 7,109 3.10
Majority 21,588 9.42
Turnout 229,217
Democratic gain from Republican
Maine Gubernatorial Election 1982
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Brennan 281,066 61% -
Republican Charles Cragin 172,949 38% -
Maine Gubernatorial Election 1978
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Joe Brennan 176,493 48% -
Republican Linwood E. Palmer, Jr. 126,862 34% -
Independent Herman Frankland 65,889 18% -

References

  1. ^ Congressional record, 1987
  2. ^ http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/LegRec/106/Senate/LegRec_1973-01-03_SP_p0032-0044.pdf
  3. ^ http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/LegRec/105/Senate/LegRec_1971-01-06_SP_p0022-0033.pdf
  4. ^ http://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/LegRec/107/Senate/LegRec_1975-01-01_SP_pA0011-0017.pdf
  5. ^ "Boyhood Home of Governor Brennan". Retrieved March 26, 2013.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Maine
1975–1979 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine
1978, 1982 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Maine
1990, 1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Maine
(Class 2)
1996 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Governor of Maine
1979–1987 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 2nd congressional district
1987–1991 		Succeeded by
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