Richard Dean McCarthy was a Democratic

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 member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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, also known as Richard Max McCarthy or Max McCarthy.

Life

He served in the United States Navy

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 from November 1945 until August 1946, and in the United States Army

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 from November 1950 until October 1952. He graduated from Canisius College

Canisius College

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 in 1950. He worked for the Buffalo News from 1952 until 1956. He was elected to Congress in 1964 and served from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1971. In 1970, he ran in the Democratic primary for the nomination for U.S. Senator from New York against Ted Sorensen

Ted Sorensen

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, Richard Ottinger

Richard Ottinger

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 and Paul O'Dwyer

Paul O'Dwyer

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, but was defeated by Ottinger. He worked as a press attaché to the American Embassy in Tehran

Tehran

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from 1975 to 1976. He was the Washington bureau chief of the Buffalo News from 1978 until his retirement in 1989.

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