What is Mo Cowan?
{{Infobox Senator |name = Mo Cowan |image = Mo Cowan, official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Massachusetts]] |appointed = [[Deval Patrick]] |term_start = February 1, 2013 |term_end = July 16, 2013 |predecessor = [[John Kerry]] |successor = [[Ed Markey]] |birth_name = William Maurice Cowan |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|4|4}} |birth_place = [[Yadkinville, North Carolina|Yadkinville]], [[North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Stacy Cowan |children = 2 |education = [[Duke University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Northeastern University]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} |website = {{url|web.archive.org/web/20130722014503/http://www.cowan.senate.gov|Senate website}} }} '''William Maurice “Mo” Cowan''' (born April 4, 1969) is an American politician and lawyer. He was a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] from February 1, 2013 to July 16, 2013. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. He was legal counsel and chief of staff to Governor [[Deval Patrick]]. Patrick appointed him on as an [[interim]] Senator to replace fellow Democrat [[John Kerry]], who resigned to become [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kerry |first=John|title=Letter to Deval Patrick|url=http://cache.boston.com/multimedia/2013/01/29kerry/resignation_letter.pdf |access-date=January 30, 2013 |publisher=boston.com|date=January 29, 2013}}</ref> He did not want to run in the [[United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2013|2013 special election]] to complete the remainder of Kerry's term. He was replaced by fellow Democrat [[Ed Markey]]. Cowan was the [[List of African-American United States Senators|eighth African-American U.S. Senator]] and the second from Massachusetts after [[Edward Brooke]].<ref name=montanaro>{{cite news|