What is Paul G. Kirk?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Paul Kirk |image = Paul Kirk Official Photo.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Massachusetts]] |term_start = September 24, 2009 |term_end = February 4, 2010 |appointed = [[Deval Patrick]] |predecessor = [[Ted Kennedy]] |successor = [[Scott Brown]] |office1 = Chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]] |term_start1 = February 2, 1985 |term_end1 = February 10, 1989 |predecessor1 = [[Charles Taylor Manatt|Charles Manatt]] |successor1 = [[Ron Brown (U.S. politician)|Ron Brown]] |office2 = Treasurer of the [[Democratic National Committee]] |term_start2 = 1983 |term_end2 = February 2, 1985 |predecessor2 = Charles Curry |successor2 = [[Sharon Pratt Kelly|Sharon Pratt]] |birth_name=Paul Grattan Kirk, Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|1|18}} |birth_place = [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]] |nationality = USA |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Gail Loudermilk |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] }} '''Paul Grattan Kirk, Jr.''' (born January 18, 1938) is an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and [[politician]]. He served as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Massachusetts]] from 2009 to 2010, having been appointed to fill the seat created by the death of [[Ted Kennedy]]. From 1985 to 1989, he served as chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]] (DNC). On January 14, 2016, Kirk announced his endorsement in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]] in support of the [[Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016|presidential campaign]] for [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/former-dnc-chair-backs-bernie-sanders | title=Former DNC chair backs Bernie Sanders | work=[[MSNBC]] | date=January 14, 2016 | access-date=January 15, 2016 | archive-date=January 15, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115023108/http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/former