Today's number ten choice is the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In addition to serving in the US Senate, Patrick served in successive presidential administrations, and as an ambassador. Patrick grew up as a poor child, but he obviously developed a liking for the Ivy League Style. Patrick sported tweeds, poplin suits, and bow ties on a regular basis. In addition, he held on to this style even in years that did not smile upon its display, and that is another feather in his cap. So again, today's choice is Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
7 comments:
I could not agree more with the choice of the late senator. He was a wonderful man and greatly missed. I wear a bow tie every day in court because of him.
Though I agree he always dressed well he is Irish Catholic; that is equivalent of having a Jewish 101 site and electing Arafat.
Excellent choice.
Holy great and relatively obscure choice. Cheers. Keep it up.
Looking forward to all the instalments in this series. Moynihan is certainly a good first choice, though I always wondered whether the oversize glasses were a conscious style choice or dictated by a sight problem.
"Relatively obscure choice"???
Daniel Patrick “Pat” Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected to the United States Senate for New York in 1976, and was re-elected three times (in 1982, 1988, and 1994). He declined to run for re-election in 2000. Prior to his years in the Senate, Moynihan was the United States' ambassador to the United Nations and to India, and was a member of four successive presidential administrations, beginning with the administration of John F. Kennedy, and continuing through Gerald Ford.
Anonymous #2 has a point, this blog is about WASP's, so comment about those who are truly Protestant and of British extraction. Moynihan, may be well dressed, but this does not change the fact that he an Irish Catholic, the very antithesis of WASP culture.
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