What is William Hathaway?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = William Hathaway |image = William Dodd Hathaway.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Maine]] |term_start = January 3, 1973 |term_end = January 3, 1979 |predecessor = [[Margaret Chase Smith|Margaret Smith]] |successor = [[William Cohen]] |state1 = [[Maine]] |district1 = {{ushr|Maine|2|2nd}} |term_start1 = January 3, 1965 |term_end1 = January 3, 1973 |predecessor1 = [[Clifford McIntire]] |successor1 = [[William Cohen]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|2|21}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States|U.S.]]}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2013|6|24|1924|2|21}} |death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] |alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]<br/>[[Harvard Law School]] |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = [[File:Roundel of the United States (1919–1941).svg|15px]] [[United States Army Air Corps]] |serviceyears = 1942–1946 |battles = [[World War II]] }} '''William Dodd Hathaway''' (February 21, 1924 &ndash; June 24, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician from [[Maine]].<ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hathaway.html William Hathaway biography] at Political Grave Yard.com</ref> ==Early life== Hathaway was born on February 21, 1924 in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. He studied at [[Harvard University]] and at [[Harvard Law School]]. ==Career== A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Maine Democratic Party]], in 1964 he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]], and he served from 1965 until 1973. This was a time of resurgence for Democrats in Maine, at that time a traditionally [[Republican Party (United States)|Maine Republican Party]] state. This same period saw the growth of the political careers of [[Edmund Muskie|Edmund S. Muskie]] and [[Kenneth