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Toby Moffett (Anthony John Moffett Jr.) was born on 18 August, 1944 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S., is an American lobbyist. Discover Toby Moffett's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Anthony John Moffett Jr.
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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 18 August, 1944
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1944

Anthony John (Toby) Moffett, Jr. (born August 18, 1944) is an American former politician from the state of Connecticut.

1966

He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1966 and studied in Florence, Italy from 1963 to 1964.

1968

He received his Master of Arts degree from Boston College in 1968.

1969

Moffett served as Director of the Office of Students and Youth in the Office of Education within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1969 to 1970, but quit to protest the Vietnam War.

1970

An avid Democrat and leading voice on environmental issues, Moffett first appeared on the national scene in the 1970s as an environmental activist and coalition-builder in his home state of Connecticut.

1974

Aligned with consumer activist Ralph Nader, Moffett founded the Connecticut Citizen Action Group and parlayed this to a victory in 1974 for the seat vacated in the U.S. House of Representatives for Connecticut's 6th congressional district seat when Ella T. Grasso ran for governor.

1975

A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives as the member from Connecticut's 6th congressional district from 1975 to 1983.

Moffett is currently Senior Advisor at Mayer Brown LLP.

Moffett was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the son of Lebanese immigrants.

He attended Suffield Elementary School in Suffield, Connecticut and graduated from Suffield High School.

On April 10, 1975, Moffett walked out of the House chamber during President Ford's State of the World speech when he requested military aid for Vietnam.

1981

In 1981, he was selected to be one of the first Young Leaders of the French-American Foundation.

1982

Moffett held the northwestern Connecticut seat until 1982.

He was regarded as a liberal and an opponent of the oil industry.

He was also closely aligned with trade unions.

Moffett served as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources.

In 1982 Moffett challenged U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker.

While 1982 was a strong year for Democrats nationwide, Weicker was considered a moderate/liberal Republican and defeated Moffett 52-46 percent.

Moffett's protégé, liberal State Senator Bill Curry, also lost the 6th district seat to Republican Nancy Johnson.

1986

Moffett attempted a political comeback in 1986 seeking to gain the Democratic nomination over incumbent Governor William O'Neill.

That effort failed.

Moffett later was a broadcaster on WVIT Channel 30 in Hartford.

1990

Moffett's final comeback effort was in 1990 when he moved to the town of Newtown to seek election to the open congressional seat in Connecticut's 5th congressional district, which was being vacated by John G. Rowland, who was running for governor.

Moffett's opponent, Waterbury alderman Gary Franks, claimed that Moffett was far too liberal to represent conservative 5th district voters, and Franks won the election.

1998

Moffett worked at Monsanto as an international lobbyist from 1998-2000.

Moffett is now a Washington consultant, and Chairman of The Moffett Group, representing for-profit and nonprofit entities, including large renewable energy developers and several foreign governments.

1999

In 1999, Moffett was nominated by President Clinton to be U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (although he had unanimous Senate backing, he ultimately did not become ambassador because the process had taken almost a year).

2004

In 2004 he broke with Ralph Nader regarding his independent candidacy for president.

Moffett was among those who coordinated a national effort on behalf of the Democrats to deny votes and ballot access to the Nader campaign.

He also recently criticized the independent campaign of Joe Lieberman.

After serving in Congress, Moffett worked as a news anchor, producer and investigative journalist, and spent nearly a decade as a syndicated statewide columnist.

2007

In 2007, he joined with former Louisiana Congressman Bob Livingston and well-known consultant Tony Podesta to form the PLM Group, which represented the government of Egypt for 4 years.

2014

In 2014, Moffett joined the law firm of Mayer Brown as a consultant.

2020

In 2020, Moffett joined Washington, D.C. lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs as co-chairman.

In June 2021, it was reported that Moffett registered as a foreign agent lobbying on behalf of Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned video surveillance manufacturer.