Editing Sam Waterston (section)

==Personal life==
=== Marriage and family ===
[[File:Sam with gifts.png|thumb|190px|right|Waterston displaying gifts from fans]]
Waterston married his first wife, Barbara Johns, in 1964.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/03/archives/much-ado-about-waterston-much-ado-about-sam-waterston.html|title=Much Ado About Waterston|first=Chris|last=Chase|work=The New York Times |date=December 3, 1972|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> The couple had one son, actor [[James Waterston]], before divorcing in 1975. Waterston married his second wife, former model Lynn Louisa Woodruff, in 1976.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.tv.com/sam-waterston/person/1373/trivia.html | title = Sam Waterston Trivia and Quotes on TV.com | publisher = CBS Interactive Inc. | access-date = May 21, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090209155512/http://www.tv.com/sam-waterston/person/1373/trivia.html | archive-date = February 9, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> They have three children, including [[Katherine Waterston]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/15/theater/newsandfeatures/15sam.html?pagewanted=1?pagewanted=1 |title=Father and Daughter, in Life and in Shakespeare |first=Dinittia |last=Smith |date=July 15, 2004 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=May 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517023152/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/15/theater/newsandfeatures/15sam.html?pagewanted=1%3Fpagewanted%3D1 |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

=== Activism ===
Waterston is a board member of [[Oceana (non-profit group)|Oceana]].<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.shakespeareinamericanlife.org/documentary/players/waterston.cfm | title =Sam Waterston in Shakespeare in American Life | access-date =March 2, 2013 | archive-date =April 29, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120429175430/http://www.shakespeareinamericanlife.org/documentary/players/waterston.cfm | url-status =dead }}</ref> Waterston received the Goodermote Humanitarian Award from the [[Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]] in 2012 for his longtime support of refugees around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jhsph.edu/publichealthnews/press_releases/2012/waterston_goodermote_award.html |title=Actor Sam Waterston Receives Goodermote Humanitarian Award |publisher=Jhsph.edu |date= May 8, 2012 |access-date= November 17, 2012}}</ref> Waterston is a longtime friend and fan of the [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]] Dance Group and hosted the television presentation of ''Mozart Dances'' on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]'s ''[[Live from Lincoln Center]]'' on August 16, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Second Thoughts {{!}} Seeing Things |url=https://www.artsjournal.com/tobias/2007/08/second_thoughts.html|website=www.artsjournal.com|date=August 21, 2007 |access-date=2020-05-21}}</ref>

Waterston is a practicing [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gts.edu/news_view.asp?langdisp=&id=115 |title=The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church |date=September 28, 2007 |access-date=November 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429103740/http://www.gts.edu/news_view.asp?langdisp=&id=115 |archive-date=April 29, 2009 }}</ref>

=== Political activism ===
He was a spokesman for the [[Unity08]] movement, which unsuccessfully sought to run a [[independent (politician)|non-]] or [[bipartisan]] presidential ticket in the [[United States Presidential Election, 2008|2008 presidential election]].<ref>Unity08.org: {{cite web |url=http://unity08.com/news/pr_120506 |title=Actor Sam Waterston Calls on Americans to Join Growing 2008 Political Movement, Unity08 |access-date=2010-07-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103170540/http://unity08.com/news/pr_120506 |archive-date=November 3, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}. Retrieved January 4, 2008.</ref> Waterston stated in 2007 that he had been a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] until leaving the party in disgust following the airing of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s "[[Daisy (advertisement)|Daisy]]" election advertisement in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|author= Alston, Joshua |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2007/12/15/the-real-mccoy.html |title=The Real McCoy | work = [[Newsweek]] |via=[[The Daily Beast]] |date= December 15, 2007|access-date= July 30, 2013}}</ref> However, he endorsed Democratic President [[Barack Obama]] for re-election in 2012.<ref name="thedenverchannel">{{cite news |url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/31298734/detail.html |work=The Denver Channel |first=Robert |last=Yoon |title=Celebs Open Wallets in WH Race, Mostly for Obama|date=2012-07-24|access-date=2012-07-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831192115/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/politics/31298734/detail.html|archive-date=August 31, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As of 2016, Waterston is a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dir.ct.gov/sots/LookUp.aspx |title=Connecticut Office of the Secretary of State Voter Registration Lookup |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> On October 18, 2019, Waterston was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with ''Grace and Frankie'' co-star [[Jane Fonda]], for protesting the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]]'s policies concerning [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jane-fonda-sam-waterston-detained-by-police-protesting-dc-1248693 |title=Jane Fonda and Sam Waterston Arrested While Protesting in D.C. |last=Parker |first=Ryan |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=October 18, 2019 |access-date=October 27, 2019}}</ref>