Sen. Chris Dodd: A Timeline
Sept. - daughter Grace born. March 3 - rules out 2004 presidential run. Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. March 1 - daughter Christina born. Jan. 11 - announces candidacy on "Imus in the Morning." Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day: 64 1/2.
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

 
Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. Dec.  - loses bid to become Senate Minority Leader to Tom Daschle by one  vote.  General chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1995-97... Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. June - marries Jackie Marie Clegg.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

 
Elected to the U.S. Senate; youngest ever elected from Connecticut at age 36. Oct. 29 - divorce with Susan Mooney final. Re-elected to the U.S. Senate.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

 
Marries Susan Mooney.
Father defeated in U.S. Senate re-election bid.		 J.D.  from the University of Louisville (KY) School of Law, 1972. Practices law in New London, CT. Elected to Congress. Re-elected to Congress. Re-elected to Congress.
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
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1979

 
Graduates from Georgetown Preparatory School in Potomac, MD. B.A. in English Literature from Providence College, 1966. Two years  with the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic., 1966-68. Finishes Peace Corps service; hitchhikes Latin America.  note Enlists in the Army; serves in Reserve status; honorably discharged in 1975.
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
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1969

 
Father (Thomas Dodd) first elected to U.S. House. Father loses U.S. Senate bid to Prescott Bush. Father elected to U.S. Senate.
1950
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1959

 
Born May 27, 1944, in Willimantic, CT.
1940
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