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Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts, in office since 2013. From 1976 to 2013 he served as the U.S. Representative for . He previously served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976. Markey is a liberal who has focused on energy policy and was Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming from 2007 to 2011. In 2013, after John Kerry was appointed United States Secretary of State, he was elected to serve out the balance of Kerry's sixth Senate term in a 2013 special election. Markey defeated socially conservative Stephen Lynch in the Democratic primary and Republican Gabriel E. Gomez in the general election. When he left the House, he was its eighth most senior member. In 2014 Markey was elected to a full six-year Senate term. He is the dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation and the second longest-serving current member of Congress from New England, behind Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont. ==Early life, education, and career== Markey was born on July 11, 1946, in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Christina M. (née Courtney) and John E. Markey. The family was Irish Catholic, and Markey was educated at Immaculate Conception School and Malden Catholic High School. He graduated from Boston College in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts, and from Boston College Law School in 1972 with a Juris Doctor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress )〕 After graduating, Markey worked as a lawyer in private practice. Markey served in the United States Army Reserve from 1968 to 1973, attaining the rank of Specialist Fourth Class. He joined while a junior in college, and has stated that he enlisted before receiving a Vietnam War draft notice. He further stated that even though he opposed the war, if he had been drafted without having secured a position in the Reserve, he would have answered the induction notice and gone to Vietnam. Ed Markey's South Boston unit included Thomas P. O'Neill III, Steve Grossman, and Markey's brothers Richard and John. Markey was discharged in 1973, a year before his enlistment agreement was due to expire, which was not unusual as the military discharged many members early during post-Vietnam force drawdowns.〔Noah Bierman, Boston Globe, (A Drive That Stunned Markey’s Family, and Never Ebbed: Representative Came in as a Rebel, Then Rose ), April 21, 2013〕〔Curt Nickisch, WBUR Radio, (Markey, U.S. Congressman For 36 Years, Sets His Sights On The Senate ), April 24, 2013〕〔Emily O'Donnell, Attleboro Sun-Chronicle, (Faithful Embrace Markey at Victory Party ), May 1, 2013〕〔William E. Schmidt, New York Times News Service, Lawrence Journal-World, (12 of Quayle's Contemporaries Served in Reserve, Guard Units ), August 21, 1988〕〔John J. Monahan, Worcester Telegram, (Front-Runner Ed Markey: It’s Time for us to Start Singing ‘Getting to Know You’ ), January 27, 2013〕 Markey was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, where he represented the 16th Middlesex district (Malden and Melrose) from 1973 to 1976.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed Markey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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