Angus King

Person · Open Library

Works

8

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Film & TV

Acting · Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Angus Stanley King Jr. (born March 31, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maine since 2013. A political independent since 1993, he previously served as the 72nd governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003

Known for

• A Citizen's Guide to Preserving Democracy — Self2024
• Firing Line with Margaret Hoover — Self2018
• The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: The Constitution2017
• Cyberwar — Self2016
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self2003
• 60 Minutes — Self (archive footage)1968
• 60 Minutes — Self1968

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1947-09-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

12

Total plays

32

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning

   · 2015 · cited 22,894x

2. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

   · 2016 · cited 22,845x

3. Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

   · 2016 · cited 11,419x

4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

   · 2018 · cited 10,795x

5. Global Prevalence of Diabetes

   · 2004 · cited 10,386x

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Quotes

• “I think we're going to demonstrate the power of one-to-one computer access that's going to transform education. … The economic future will belong to the technologically adept.”
• “Michael Jordan did not get good at basketball by practicing 42 minutes a week, which is what most kids have in the computer lab. … Whether it's a scalpel, baseball bat or a computer, the skill in the use of a tool rests upon practice and familiarity, and that's what these kids are going to have to an unprecedented extent.”
• “I'm giving it some thought for the very reason that Olympia quit. It's just not working down there and maybe we need to try something different. … We have serious problems in this country but we can't begin to solve them until we solve this shrill deadlock.”
• “We proved that with civility, common sense, building bridges, working with coalitions and working with people one at a time, we could do something. … I can speak for the middle. … The real issue is the system itself.”
• “If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.”
• “Frankly, I think I might scare [the parties], and that would be a good thing.”

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Key facts

Preceded by

Olympia Snowe

Succeeded by

John Baldacci

Born

Angus Stanley King Jr. , ( 1944-03-31 ) March 31, 1944 (age 82) , Alexandria, Virginia , U.S.

Party

Democratic (before 1993), Independent (since 1993)

Other political affiliations

Senate Democratic Caucus (2013–present)

Spouses

Edith Birney ​ ( divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1982 ) ​ Mary Herman ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ) ​

Children

5, including Angus III

Education

Dartmouth College ( BA ), University of Virginia ( JD )

Website

Senate website , Campaign website

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Wikidata facts

Official website

angusformaine.com

Image

Angus King, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg

Number of children

5

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