What is Paul Tsongas?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Paul Tsongas |image = Senator Paul Tsongas.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Massachusetts]] |term_start = January 3, 1979 |term_end = January 2, 1985 |predecessor = [[Edward Brooke]] |successor = [[John Kerry]] |state1 = [[Massachusetts]] |district1 = {{ushr|MA|5|5th}} |term_start1 = January 3, 1975 |term_end1 = January 3, 1979 |predecessor1 = [[Paul W. Cronin]] |successor1 = [[James Shannon]] |birth_name = Paul Efthemios Tsongas |birth_date = {{birth date|1941|2|14}} |birth_place = [[Lowell, Massachusetts]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1997|1|18|1941|2|14}} |death_place = Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Niki Tsongas|Niki Sauvage]]|1969|1997|reason=his death}} |children = 3 |education = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]])<br>[[Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Public Policy|MPP]]) }} '''Paul Efthemios Tsongas''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɒ|ŋ|ɡ|ə|s}}; February 14, 1941{{spaced ndash}}January 18, 1997) was an American politician. He represented [[Massachusetts]] in both the [[United States House of Representatives]] and in the [[United States Senate]] from 1975 to 1985. He won eight states as a candidate in the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries|presidential primaries]], losing the nomination to [[Bill Clinton]]. Tsongas was diagnosed with [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]] in 1983 and retired in 1984. He returned to politics after undergoing a successful bone marrow transplant. He experienced early success in the 1992 Democratic presidential primaries, winning the New Hampshire primary, but withdrew from the race in March 1992 and endorsed Clinton. Tsongas died in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]] on January 18, 1997 of complications from [[pneumonia]] and non-Hodg