William Dodd Hathaway was an American politician and lawyer from Maine.
14 Facts About William Hathaway
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William Hathaway served in World War II in the United States Army Air Corps, where he was shot down while bombing the Ploiesti, Romania oil fields during Operation Tidal Wave and was a prisoner of war for over two months.
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William Hathaway was awarded the Air Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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William Hathaway then moved to Maine and practiced law in Lewiston.
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William Hathaway served as Assistant County Attorney for Androscoggin County from 1955 to 1957, and he was a Hearing Examiner for the State Liquor Commission from 1957 to 1961.
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In 1972 Hathaway ran for the United States Senate and defeated four-term Republican incumbent Margaret Chase Smith in a considerable upset.
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In 1973, William Hathaway was one of the three senators who opposed the nomination of Gerald Ford to be Vice President.
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William Hathaway resided in the Washington, DC, area after leaving the Senate and worked as a lobbyist and lawyer.
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William Hathaway was known and well-liked by the employees of the USSenate, especially the Senate elevator operators.
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William Hathaway was a constant source of humor and good will to those that worked on the Capitol elevators.
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William Hathaway retired in 1996 and continued to live in the Washington, DC, area.
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In June 2002, at the age of 78, William Hathaway was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism during Operation Tidal Wave.
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William Hathaway was married to Mary Lee Bird of Horse Shoe, North Carolina, and Akron, Ohio, for over 61 years until her death, in 2007.
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William Hathaway died of pulmonary fibrosis exactly 69 years to the day after he was shot down during World War II.