Mo Cowan

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Mo Cowan (2013)

William "Mo" Cowan (born April 4, 1969 in Yadkinville , North Carolina ) is an American politician . From February 1, 2013 to July 16 of the same year, he represented (the second African American ) the state of Massachusetts in the United States Senate .

After leaving the US Senate, he returned to work as a lawyer.

Life and education

Cowan, the son of a machinist and a seamstress, grew up in Yadkinville (North Carolina), a city that at that time was still largely racial and dominated by the Ku Klux Klan . Cowan was 16 years old when his father died. He graduated from Forbush High School and was the first to graduate from the prestigious Duke University .

After he initially wanted to become a doctor, he changed his professional goal during his studies and obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology . He then studied law at Northeastern University in Boston (graduated in 1994).

Cowan is married to lawyer Stacy Cowan and has two sons with her. He lives in Stoughton, Massachusetts .

job and career

Mo Cowan (right) with his future successor Ed Markey (2013)

Cowan first became an attorney with the Boston law firm Mintz & Levin in 1997 , before joining the Massachusetts state administration in 2009 under Deval Patrick . First he was Chief Legal Counsel for Governor Patrick, then his Chief of Staff from 2011 to November 2012. He left this post to return to the private sector.

After his five-month tenure in the US Senate in 2013, Cowan returned to the fourth-largest law firm in Boston, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo as deputy director and barely appears in public, but praises the prominent role of Senator Elizabeth Warren in the progressive wing of the Democrats.

Political offices

On January 30, 2013, Patrick named him a US Senator. He succeeded John Kerry , who was appointed Foreign Secretary, and ruled out his own candidacy for the by-election of this office in June 2013, which is why his mandate was limited to a few months from the start and he was sworn in for his elected successor on July 16, 2013 Ed Markey resigned from office.

Web links

  • Mo Cowan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dan Ring: Gov. Deval Patrick Names William Cowan as Temporary Replacement for Sen. John Kerry. In: masslive.com. The Republican, January 30, 2013, accessed February 3, 2013 .
  2. ↑ a b Frank Phillips: William 'Mo' Cowan to Be Interim US Senator. In: BostonGlobe.com. The Boston Globe, January 30, 2013, accessed February 3, 2013 .
  3. ^ A b Michael Levenson: For Top Aide, Echoes of Governor's Journey. In: boston.com. The Boston Globe, December 13, 2010, accessed February 3, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Jason grain joke: Law School alumnus Selected as interim US Senator. In: news @ Northeastern. Northeastern University, January 30, 2013, accessed February 3, 2013 .
  5. ^ A b Joe Battenfeld, Hillary Chabot, Chris Cassidy: Gov Names Adviser Mo Cowan to Interim Senate Post. In: BostonHerald.com. January 30, 2013, accessed February 3, 2013 .
  6. ↑ Niels Lesniewski: What's 'Life After Congress' for a Temporary Senator? In: Roll Call , April 14, 2015; Sharman Sacchetti: Former Senator Mo Cowan Calls Senator Elizabeth Warren's Leadership Role 'Great'. In: FOX News 25 , November 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ John Kerry: Resignation. (PDF; 140 kB) January 29, 2013, accessed on February 3, 2013 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Cowan, Mon.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cowan, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH 4th April 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Yadkinville , North Carolina