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==Early life== Lieberman was born on February 24, 1942, in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], the son of Henry, who ran a liquor store, and Marcia ({{nee|Manger}}) Lieberman.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nhyr-1x2hqgC&q=JOE%20LIEBERMAN%20FATHER%20STORE&pg=PA10|title=Joseph Lieberman: Keeping the Faith|first=Barbara Silberdick|last=Feinberg|date=January 1, 2001|publisher=Lerner Publications|isbn=9780761323037|via=Google Books|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401052444/https://books.google.com/books?id=Nhyr-1x2hqgC&q=JOE%20LIEBERMAN%20FATHER%20STORE&pg=PA10#v=snippet&q=JOE%20LIEBERMAN%20FATHER%20STORE&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> His family is Jewish; his paternal grandparents emigrated from [[Congress Poland]] and his maternal grandparents were from [[Austria-Hungary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wargs.com/political/lieberman.html|title=Ancestry of Joseph Lieberman (b. 1942)|access-date=July 7, 2011|archive-date=February 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227134619/http://www.wargs.com/political/lieberman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1963, Lieberman traveled to Mississippi to work in support of the [[civil rights movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/joe-lieberman-a-look-back-at-his-career/520-13fedea0-ad72-4b96-9583-28093dd636bc |title=Joe Lieberman dies at age 82, his family says |date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329234405/https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/joe-lieberman-a-look-back-at-his-career/520-13fedea0-ad72-4b96-9583-28093dd636bc |url-status=live }}</ref> He received a Bachelor of Arts in both [[political science]] and economics from [[Yale University]] in 1964,<ref name="toi-obit">{{cite news |last1=Kampeas |first1=Ron |title=Joe Lieberman, centrist senator and first Jew on major US presidential ticket, dies at 82 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/joe-lieberman-centrist-senator-and-first-jew-on-major-presidential-ticket-dies-at-82/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=The Times of Israel |date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329015748/https://www.timesofisrael.com/joe-lieberman-centrist-senator-and-first-jew-on-major-presidential-ticket-dies-at-82/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was the first member of his family to attend college.<ref name="news8-obit">{{cite news |last1=Pierce |first1=Kent |title=Longtime friend, former law partner remembers Lieberman |url=https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/long-time-friend-former-law-partner-remembers-joseph-lieberman/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |publisher=WTNH |date=March 28, 2024 |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328234342/https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/long-time-friend-former-law-partner-remembers-joseph-lieberman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At Yale, he was editor of the ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' and a member of the [[Elihu (secret society)|Elihu Club]].<ref name="ctinsider-obit">{{cite news |work=CT Insider |publisher=Hearst |last1=Putterman |first1=Alex |title=The life of Joe Lieberman: A timeline |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2024/joe-lieberman-ct/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |date=March 29, 2024}}</ref> While at Yale Lieberman was introduced to conservative thinker [[William F. Buckley Jr.]], who was also editor of the ''Yale Daily News''; Buckley and Lieberman maintained a social relationship.<ref name=":0"/> His roommate was [[Richard Sugarman]], who later went on to become a Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the [[University of Vermont]] and advisor to 2016 presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref name=sevendayswonderingjew>{{cite news|last1=Picard|first1=Ken|title=The Wondering Jew: For UVM prof Richard Sugarman, life's big questions are the sweetest pursuit|url=http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/the-wondering-jew/Content?oid=2242436|access-date=January 18, 2016|work=[[Seven Days (newspaper)|Seven Days]]|date=December 12, 2012|quote=At Yale, Sugarman roomed with another future U.S. senator: Joe Lieberman, whose mother encouraged Sugarman's religious observances.|archive-date=January 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126224100/http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/the-wondering-jew/Content?oid=2242436|url-status=live}}</ref> Lieberman later attended [[Yale Law School]], receiving his [[Bachelor of Laws]] in 1967.<ref name="wustl-lieberman-danforth">{{cite news |last1=Everding |first1=Gerry |title=Lieberman, Danforth to discuss role of religion in politics Dec. 9 β The Source β Washington University in St. Louis |url=https://source.wustl.edu/2014/12/lieberman-danforth-to-discuss-role-of-religion-in-politics-dec-9/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=The Source |publisher=Washington University in St. Louis |date=December 3, 2014 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329155423/https://source.wustl.edu/2014/12/lieberman-danforth-to-discuss-role-of-religion-in-politics-dec-9/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After graduation from law school, Lieberman worked as a lawyer for the [[New Haven]]-based law firm Wiggin & Dana LLP.<ref name="aba-wiggin&dana">{{cite news |last1=Maniloff |first1=Randy |title=Joe Lieberman reflects on 50 years in law and politics, 'recounts' Bush v. Gore |url=https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/joe-lieberman-reflects-on-50-years-in-law-and-politics-and-recounts-a-famous-supreme-court-case |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=ABA Journal |publisher=American Bar Association |date=December 7, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221000652/https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/joe-lieberman-reflects-on-50-years-in-law-and-politics-and-recounts-a-famous-supreme-court-case |url-status=live }}</ref> Lieberman received an educational deferment from the [[Vietnam War]] [[conscription|draft]] when he was an undergraduate and law student from 1960 to 1967. Upon graduating from law school at age 25, Lieberman qualified for a family deferment because he was already married and had a child.<ref name="wrap-deferment">{{cite news |last1=Roe |first1=Mike |title=Joe Lieberman, Former US Senator and VP Candidate, Dies at 82 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/joe-lieberman-dies-obit/ |access-date=March 29, 2024 |work=TheWrap |date=March 27, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329155422/https://www.thewrap.com/joe-lieberman-dies-obit/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010424162510/http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/democracy/gore/stories/lieberman/ Lieberman: A history-making candidate.] CNN. Retrieved October 10, 2006.</ref>
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