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Mo Cowan
William "Mo" Cowan was a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from the state of Massachusetts. He was appointed to the seat on January 30, 2013, to fill the vacancy created when John Kerry became U.S. secretary of state.[1] Cowan served until July 16, 2013.[2]
Cowan did not seek election to the senate seat in the 2013 special election.[1][3]
The appointments of Cowan and South Carolina's Tim Scott (R) in 2013 marked the first time in United States history where two black senators served in the U.S. Senate at the same time.[4]
Biography
Prior to his appointment to the U.S. Senate, Cowan served as Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) chief of staff from 2011 until the fall of 2012. He previously served as Patrick's chief legal counsel. Prior to joining Patrick's administration, Cowen was a partner at the Mintz Levin law firm in Boston.[5]
Committee assignments
U.S. Senate
- Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
- Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, Marketing and Agriculture Security
- Subcommittee on Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Food and Agricultural Research
- Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy Innovation
- United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
- Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
- Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
- Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion
- Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
- Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
Appointments
Cowen was appointed to the U.S. Senate on January 30, 2013, to fill the vacancy created when John Kerry became U.S. secretary of state.[1]
Analysis
Like-minded colleagues
The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[6]
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Lifetime voting record
According to the website GovTrack, Cowan missed 0 of 84 roll call votes from Feb 2013 to Apr 2013, which was 0.0% of votes during that period. This was better than the median of 1.7% among the lifetime records of senators serving at that time.[7]
Voting with Party
June 2013
Mo Cowan voted with the Democratic Party 95.0 percent of the time, which ranked 27 among the 52 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.[8]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term Mo + Cowan + Massachusetts + House
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yahoo news, "Mo Cowan appointed interim U.S. senator for Massachusetts"
- ↑ Washington Post, "Ed Markey sworn in as Massachusetts senator" accessed July 16, 2013
- ↑ The Boston Globe, "William ‘Mo’ Cowan to be interim US senator," January 30, 2013
- ↑ Slate.com, "For the First Time Ever, We'll Have Two Black Senators Serving at the Same Time," January 30, 2013
- ↑ Washington Post, "Who is Mo Cowan?" January 30, 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Mo Cowan," archived February 27, 2014
- ↑ GovTrack, "William Cowan," accessed April 2013
- ↑ OpenCongress, "Voting With Party," accessed July 2014
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|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Kerry (D) |
U.S. Senate - Massachusetts 2013-2013 |
Succeeded by Edward Markey (D) |
