Christopher J. Dodd, Longest Serving Connecticut Senator

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Senator Chris Dodd takes his daughters Christina, 2, and Grace, 6, at left, to their car to go to a homecoming gathering at the Gelston House restaurant.

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U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, speaking at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington about plans for the Metacomet, Monadnock ad Mattabesset hiking trails, had to field questions about a report that AIG employees were urged to make donations to Dodd in 2006.

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After giving his speech complimenting the work of Thomas J. Dodd, one of the prosecutors in the Nuremberg Trial 50 years ago, in a ceremony held after the dedication of the Dodd Center, President Bill Clinton and Dodd's son, Conn. Senator Christopher Dodd point out a friend Gampell Pavilion. To the right is Conn. Governor John Rowland.

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U.S. Rep. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn., right, makes a point at a news conference at the State Capitol Monday where he predicted a tough road for the District of Columbia's bid to win voting rights to Congress. At left is State Senate Majority Leader Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.

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U.S. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, Gov. Ella Grasso and U.S. Rep. Christopher J. Dodd of the 2nd District celebrate Dodd's winning the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate at the party's state convention Saturday in Hartford. Ribicoff, left, nominated Dodd, to become his successor. Ribicoff is retiring after 18 years in the Senate.

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U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd gets a chance to talk with Tipper Gore, left, and Hillary Clinton during a chance meeting in the service hallway behind the ballroom where Clinton and Gore were to address the Democratic Women's Caucus at the Hyatt Hotel in Chicago. Dodd was on his way to meet with the national media for the daily press conference

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Gov. Bill O'Neill and then-U.S. Rep. Toby Moffett, D-6th District, left, celebrate their wins in the 1982 elections. (Four years later, Moffett would try, but fail, to unseat O'Neill.) Lt. Gov. Joseph J. Fauliso, third from left, and U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd join the festivities.

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Christopher J. Dodd, Democratic Senate candidate, watches early returns in Hartford with his wife, Susan.

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President Clinton laughs as he stands next to Democratic National Committee Co-chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd before an address to the Presidential Unity Celebration in New York.

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Sen. Joe Lieberman talks to fellow Senator Chris Dodd while he campaigned for the democratic nomination for U.S. Senate during a stop at the Amerigo Vespucci Lodge Italian Festival in 2006.

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Senator Chris Dodd, holding his daughter Grace, 6, greets a crowd of supporters who gathered at the Gelston House to welcome him home after he ended his presidential campaign.

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Senate winner Christopher Dodd and his then-wife, Susan, hear a congratulatory singing telegram.

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Portfolio magazine alleged a year ago that Sen. Chris Dodd and his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, benefited from improper VIP treatment when Countrywide gave them $781,000 in loans on homes in Washington and East Haddam. Dodd denies he received favorable treatment.

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., reacts with Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., right, on the podium at the Democratic National Convention in the Staples Center in Los Angeles

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In this January 1982 file photo, Chris Dodd is seen in his Washington D.C. office.

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Senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the Democratic Convention scans the daily paper early Monday morning before he made a series of interviews with national television and radio media at the United Center, the site of the convention in Chicago.

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Sen. Chris Dodd gestures to the crowd after mising the hole at the 1997 Greater Hartford Open.

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Sen. Christopher J. Dodd answers questions during a press conference at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford on the consequences of the home foreclosure crisis for renters. Dodd, local political leaders and the Yale Legal Service Organization are looking for more protection for tenants, who often face eviction automatically when a bank forecloses. Dodd announced during a February press conference he will return any contributions received from financier R. Allen Stanford, who is accused by federal regulators of defrauding investors of $8 billion.

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Senator Chris Dodd expresses a point during a press conference at the LL 1746 Union Hall in East Hartford, offering his support for the F22 aircraft program for which Connecticut companies Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton Sundstrand provide parts.

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Sen. Christopher J. Dodd works on the final draft of his last speech from the Senate floor in his office in the Russell Building.

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U.S Sen. Christopher J. Dodd addresses delegates at the Democratic State Convention in the New Haven Coliseum.

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Sen. Christopher Dodd, center, waits to be introduced during a press conference at the LOB Thursday afternoon on the ramifications and effects of the home foreclosure crisis on renters.

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Sen. Chris Dodd, with wife Jackie Clegg Dodd by his side, announces that he has early-stage prostate cancer Friday at his Hartford headquarters. He will undergo surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City during the second week in August, after the Senate adjourns for its summer recess.

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Convention Chat- U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-2nd, left, talks with Frank Milardo of Brooklyn during the 2nd Congressional district convention Monday night in Rockville. Dodd was nominated fo his third term in the Congress .

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Sen. Chris Dodd pauses for a moment Wednesday to reflect on the passing of his friend, Sen. Ted Kennedy.

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U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Gov. Ella T. Grasso and Rep. Christiopher J. Dodd, D-2nd District, chat at the governor's residence in Hartford Wednesday between fundraisers for Dodd's Senate campaign.

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President Barack Obama speaks alongside Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd on healthcare reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington

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Sen. Chris Dodd pauses for a moment Wednesday to reflect on the passing of his friend, Sen. Ted Kennedy.

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Sen. Chris Dodd -- with his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, by his side -- announces that he has prostate cancer on Friday at his Hartford headquarters. He will undergo surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City during the second week in August, after the Senate adjourns for its summer recess.

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U. S. Christopher J. Dodd, D-6th District, pins a campaign button on Nancy LaFauci, one of the workers the U. S. Senate candidate greeted last week at the start of the 7 a.m. shift at the Timex factory in Middlebury.

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Senate nominee Ned Lamont, right, shares a laugh with Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., while campaigning together at the Haddam Neck Fair.

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Sen. Chris Dodd explains to reporters at the Institute of Living that he is waiting for the conclusion of the Senate ethics inquiry before he releases documents relating to two mortgages he received from Countrywide Financial. He denied any wrongdoing. He was at IOL to speak on the recent passage of mental health parity legislation.

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Sen. Chris Dodd explains to reporters at the Institute of Living that he is waiting for the conclusion of the Senate ethics inquiry before he releases documents relating to two mortgages he received from Countrywide Financial.

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Sen. Chris Dodd announces that he has early-stage prostate cancer on Friday at his Hartford headquarters. He will undergo surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City during the second week in August, after the Senate adjourns for its summer recess.

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Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, left, watches as President Barack Obama speaks on health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., is at center, and Rep. George Miller, D, Calif., is at right.

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Sen. Chris Dodd takes questions from the media gathered at his Hartford headquarters after announcing that he has prostate cancer. Next to him is his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd.

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Senator Chris Dodd's wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, and daughters Grace, 5, and Christina, 22 months, hug each other as Dodd speaks during a kickoff rally for his 2008 presidential bid at Old State House in Hartford.