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Believe it or not, Madbury lawyer and renowned Democratic Party activist William Shaheen - known to just about everybody as Billy - actually took a lengthy hiatus from politics. Shaheen, the husband of New Hampshire's senior U.S. senator, Jeanne Shaheen, had served as the New Hampshire campaign chair of Jimmy Carter's successful presidential bid in 1976 and was later appointed by Carter as U.S. attorney for New Hampshire.
But from 1981 to 1995, Shaheen served as a District Court judge in Durham, so while Jeanne Shaheen managed Gary Hart's surprise victory in the 1984 New Hampshire presidential primary and later served in the state Senate, her husband was out of political sight and mind.
But he came out of hibernatio after he resigned his judicial post when his wife successfully ran for governor in 1996. He returned to the law firm he co-founded - Shaheen & Gordon - continued taking on...