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Edward J. King
2006Sep, 18

Edward J. King

Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
Edward Joseph King (May 11, 1925 – September 18, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 66th Governor of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. A member of the Democratic Party until 1985, he then became a member of the Republican Party. Elected in the 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, he lost the Democratic primary of the 1982 election to his predecessor Michael Dukakis.

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