Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
United States Senator; from New York
	In office; January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by	James L. Buckley
Succeeded by	Hillary Rodham Clinton
12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
	In office; June 30, 1975 – February 2, 1976
President	Gerald R. Ford
Preceded by	John A. Scali
Succeeded by	William W. Scranton
10th United States Ambassador to India
	In office; February 28, 1973 – January 7, 1975
President	Richard Nixon; Gerald R. Ford
Preceded by	Kenneth Keating
Succeeded by	William B. Saxbe
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
	In office; 1993–1995
Preceded by	Lloyd Bentsen
Succeeded by	Robert Packwood
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
	In office; 1992–1993
Preceded by	Quentin N. Burdick
Succeeded by	Max Baucus
Personal details
Born	March 16, 1927; Tulsa, Oklahoma
Died	March 26, 2003 (aged 76); Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Moynihan
Alma mater	Tufts University (BA, MA, Ph.D); London School of Economics
Profession	Sociologist, diplomat
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1944–1947

Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician and sociologist. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

He was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected three times (in 1982, 1988, and 1994). He declined to run for re-election in 2000. Moynihan was the United States' Ambassador to the United Nations and to India. He was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John F. Kennedy, and continuing through that of Gerald Ford.

Moyniham died of surgical complications at a Washington, D.C. hospital, aged 76.^[1]