Thomas J. Dodd
Thomas J. Dodd | |
|---|---|
| United States Senator from Connecticut | |
| In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | William Purtell |
| Succeeded by | Lowell Weicker |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Abraham A. Ribicoff |
| Succeeded by | Edwin H. May Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Joseph Dodd May 15, 1907 Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 1971 (aged 64) Old Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Grace Murphy |
| Children | 6, including Chris and Thomas |
| Education | Providence College (BA) Yale University (LLB) |
Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907 – May 24, 1971) was an American attorney and diplomat who served as a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut.
Dodd came from a political family; his father Thomas Joseph Dodd was a delegate to the 1936 Democratic National Convention. Dodd worked under Robert H. Jackson in the Nuremberg trials prosecuting Nazi war criminals following World War II.
Dodd served in the House of Representatives from 1953 to 1957. He lost a Senate election in 1956 to incumbent Senator Prescott S. Bush. Dodd defeated Connecticut's other incumbent Senator William Purtell in 1958. Dodd was re-elected in 1964. In 1967 he was censured in the Senate's first modern ethics case since Joseph McCarthy. Dodd lost reelection in 1970 to Lowell Weicker.
Dodd was the father of Christopher Dodd, who served in the Senate from 1981 to 2011, and Thomas J. Dodd Jr., who was a U.S. Ambassador from 1993 to 2001.