Michael S. Dukakis Presidential Campaign records, 1962-1989.

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Michael S. Dukakis Presidential Campaign records, 1962-1989.

The records of the Michael S. Dukakis presidential campaign document the rigors of running for America's highest office. The collection was compiled by his campaign staff and is a comprehensive record of how the Dukakis Campaign Committee operated. The collection also documents how Michael Dukakis was marketed to the American people as a potential leader, in his numerous speaking engagements and television and radio advertisements. The questionnaires and correspondence highlight the important issues of the campaign. While the bulk of the collection is from the presidential campaign (April 1987 through November 1988), the records span 1962-1989. The material that pre-dates the presidential campaign was compiled to document Michael Dukakis' record as Governor of Massachusetts.

58.00 cubic ft. (68 boxes)

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Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-

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Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is a retired American politician who served as the 65th governor of Massachusetts, from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican candidate, Vice President George H. W. Bush. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts...

Mike Dukakis for President, Inc.

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Michael Stanley Dukakis was born of Greek immigrant parents on November 3, 1933 in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he still resides, as of 2002. He graduated from Brookline High School (1951), Swarthmore College (1955), and Harvard Law School (1960). Michael Dukakis married Katherine Dickson, known as Kitty, in 1963. They have three children, John, Andrea and Kara. Michael Dukakis served for eight years in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1962-1970) before he lost a bid for lieutenant...