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The Mitchell Scholars Program, named in honor of former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell's pivotal contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process, is designed to introduce and connect future American leaders to the island of Ireland, and to recognize and foster intellectual achievement, leadership, and a commitment to public service. [5]
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) [2] is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995.
Maine was admitted to the Union on March 15, 1820. The state's U.S. senators belong to class 1 and class 2. Republican Susan Collins (first elected in 1996) and Independent Angus King (first elected in 2012) are Maine's current U.S. senators, making Maine one of four states to have a split United States Senate delegation.
George Mitchell (Wisconsin politician) (1822–1908), member of the Wisconsin State Senate; George A. Mitchell (1824–1878), American politician and businessman; George Edwin Mitchell (1844–1911), mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts; George J. Mitchell (born 1933), United States senator from Maine and United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
Holly Mitchell (born 1964), California State Senate; Isaac B. Mitchell (1888–1977), New York State Senate; James George Mitchell (1847–1919), Pennsylvania State Senate; Jethro Mitchell (fl. 1820s), Massachusetts State Senate; John Joseph Mitchell (1873–1925), Massachusetts State Senate; Libby Mitchell (born 1940), Maine State Senate ...
George Mitchell is 90. After a cancer diagnosis several years ago, he celebrated his latest milestone in August without fanfare or any public notice other than a retrospective interview with State ...
William P. Fessenden, Secretary of the Treasury for Abraham Lincoln Senator and diplomat George Mitchell. Joseph Adams, state legislator; Justin Alfond, President of the Maine Senate; George H. Allan, state legislator and women's suffrage proponent; Daniel W. Ames, Civil War veteran and state legislator; James Appleton, state legislator and ...
Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms. Maine has sent two members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 1960 United States Census. The current dean, or longest-serving member, of the Maine delegation is Senator Susan Collins, having served in the Senate since 1997.