- Paul Kanjorski
Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski (D-P.A.) was first elected to the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's Eleventh Congressional District in 1984. Congressman Kanjorksi is a senior member of the Financial Services Committee where he serves on two subcommittees: Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, on which he is the ranking Democratic member; and Domestic and International Monetary Policy. - Frederick Kagan
Born in Lithuania in 1932, Kagan moved at age 2 to Brooklyn, where his view of the importance of violence in human relations was shaped at an early age. "When I walked to school, I had to worry over whether I'd be attacked," he later reminisced. "And I sometimes was" ( Yale Alumni Magazine , April 2002). After receiving a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College and a master's from Brown University, Kagan attended graduate school, studying ancient history at Ohio State University. - Pete Sessions
A conservative community leader, United States Congressman Pete Sessions has combined hard work, innovative thinking, free-market solutions and common sense based principles and values to build a successful family, business and congressional career. First elected in 1996, Congressman Sessions was re-elected in 1998, and 2000 by the people of Dallas and the Fifth Congressional District to represent them in the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC. - Bob Filner
Congressman Filner (D-CA) asserted that wait times are not only intolerable - they are counter productive to national security - efficiency is security. In a lively discussion on the San Diego/San Ysidro region challenges posed by significant border delays, Congressman Filner called on the BTA and others to form a broader coalition of united border regions to bring a more powerful voice to the importance of efficient border policies and practices. - Bill Sali
William T. "Bill" Sali was born on Feb. 17, 1954 in Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1962 his family moved to Boise, Idaho. ... Bill received many notable rankings and awards as a legislator. In 1998, Bill was the first Idaho legislator to receive the lifetime "Friend For Life" award from Idaho Chooses Life. - Doug Lamborn
Doug Lamborn (born May 24, 1954, Leavenworth, Kansas) is a Republican politician for the U.S. state of Colorado. He currently serves in the United States House of Representatives as the Congressman for Colorado's 5th congressional district. Lamborn attended the University of Kansas, where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism and graduated with his Juris Doctor. Lamborn practiced law as an attorney before entering politics. - Dale E. Kildee
Dale Edward Kildee (b. September 16 1929, Flint, Michigan) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan since 1977, representing Michigan's 5th congressional district since 2003. Kildee earned his B.A. from Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, Michigan in 1952. He earned a teacher's certificate from the University of Detroit in 1955. - Nancy Folbre
Nancy Folbre is a feminist economist who focuses on economics and the family, non-market work and the economics of care. She is currently an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship between 1998-2003. She was elected president of the International Association for Feminist Economists in 2002, … - Joe Knollenberg
Joseph (Joe) Knollenberg (born November 28, 1933) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, representing Michigan's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Knollenberg was born in Mattoon, Illinois and graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1955. After graduation, he served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957. He became an insurance agent and moved to Oakland County, Michigan in 1967. - Sam Aanestad
Sam Aanestad (born July 16, 1946 in Bismarck, North Dakota) is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who was elected to the California State Legislature in 1998 to represent the 3rd Assembly District. In 2002, Aanestad was elected to the California State Senate. He is a Republican. Dr. Aanestad and his wife, Susan, have lived in the 4th Senate District since 1980 and have three adult children. Dr. Aanestad has practiced oral and maxillofacial surgery full-time in Grass Valley, … - J. Warren Keifer
Joseph Warren Keifer (January 30, 1836-April 22, 1932) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio from 1877 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1911. From 1881 to 1883, he was also Speaker of the House. Keifer was born in Clark County, Ohio. He began his law practice in Springfield, Ohio, January 12, 1858. - Torrey Westrom
Torrey Westrom (R-MN) is the state representative for Minnesota District 11A. First elected in 1996, he was the first blind person elected to public office. A native of Elbow Lake, Westrom enjoys popular bipartisan support for his voting record that reflects the wishes of his constituents. He is known for mailing out a list of upcoming bills to be voted on, and following the wishes of his constituents, … - Lamar Lemmons Jr.
LaMar Lemmons Jr. is an African-American politician from the State of Michigan. He is currently in his second term in the Michigan State House of Representatives. He is a Democrat who represents the the 2nd district in Wayne County. It includes part of Northern Detroit that borders 8 Mile Road. - Maggie Jeffus
Margaret Moore Jeffus is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-ninth House district, including constituents in Guilford county. A retired educator from Greensboro, North Carolina, Jeffus is currently (2005-2006 session) serving in her seventh term in the state House. - Jerry C. Dockham
Jerry Charles Dockham is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's eightieth House district, including constituents in Davidson county. An insurance professional from Denton, North Carolina, Dockham is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his seventh term in the state House. - James A. Barcia
James Allan (Jim) Barcia (born February 25, 1952) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He a life-long resident of Bay City, and currently represents Michigan's 31st Senate District, which serves the people of Arenac, Bay, Huron, Sanilac and Tuscola counties. Barica is also a former congressman. - Tricia Cotham
Patricia (Tricia) Ann Cotham is a North Carolina educator and Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 100th House district (Mecklenburg County). In March 2007, she was selected by local Democratic Party leaders to replace state Representative James B. Black, who had resigned. Under state law, the governor of North Carolina, Mike Easley, was bound to accept the recommendation of those local party leaders and appoint her to the seat. - N. Leo Daughtry
Namon Leo Daughtry is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-eighth House district, including constituents in Johnston county. An attorney from Smithfield, North Carolina, Daughtry is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his sixth term in the state House. He previously served two terms in the state Senate. - Alice L. Bordsen
Alice Louise Bordsen is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's sixty-third House district, including constituents in Alamance county. A lawyer from Mebane, North Carolina, Bordsen is currently (2007-2008 session) serving in her third term in the state House. In this session, Bordsen will continue to pursue her core issues of aging, economic development, affordable health care, and local initiatives. - Kathy Angerer
Kathy Angerer (born November 16, 1957) is the Democratic State Representative in the Michigan State House of Representatives, representing the 55th District which covers parts of Monroe County and Washtenaw County. Angerer was elected to the State House in 2004, beating incumbent Republican Matt Milosh. It was a close election, with only 319 votes separating the candidates. - Steve Latourette
Steven C. "Steve" LaTourette (born July 22, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio. A Republican, he is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 14th Congressional district. A graduate of Cleveland Heights High School (1972) and the University of Michigan, LaTourette studied law at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. - Nan Wood Honeyman
Nan Wood Honeyman (July 15, 1881-December 10, 1970) was the first woman elected to the United States Congress from the U.S. state of Oregon. - Earline W. Parmon
Earline W. Parmon is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's seventy-second House district, including constituents in Forsyth county. An education consultant from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Parmon is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in her first term in the state House. - Helen Stevenson Meyner
Helen Day Stevenson Meyner, also known as Helen S. Meyner (March 5, 1929; Queens County, New York - November 2, 1997; Captiva Island, Florida) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from New Jersey from 1975 to 1979. Helen Stevenson Meyner was the daughter of Olympic gold-medalist and ambassador William Stevenson, wife of New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner, and distant cousin of Democratic candidate for President Adlai Stevenson. - Marian N. McLawhorn
Marian Nelson McLawhorn is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninth House district, including constituents in Pitt county. A resident of Grifton, North Carolina, McLawhorn is currently (as of 2006) serving in her fourth term in the state House, where she holds the position of Democratic Whip. Prior to her service as a State Representative McLawhorn served as Mayor for the town of Grifton. She is a former librarian. - Loranne Ausley
Loranne Ausley b. October 16, 1963 is a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2000 and a Democrat. Her district includes the northern half Leon County including most of Tallahassee and the northwest part of adjoining Jefferson County. She is an attorney with over 20 years of public service at the State and Federal level. - Isabella Greenway
Isabella Selmes Ferguson Greenway King (born March 22, 1886, Boone County, Kentucky; died December 18, 1953, Tucson, Arizona) is best known as the first U.S. congresswoman in Arizona's history, and as the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. She was also a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Gilpin Air Lines, spoke at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt. - Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck
Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck (September 14, 1882 - August 24, 1936) was an American journalist and politician from the state of Illinois who became the third woman to serve in the United States Congress, after Jeannette Rankin and Alice Mary Robertson. She was elected to fill the seat of her father, Representative-at-large William Ernest Mason, after his death. Huck was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended public schools in Chicago and in Washington, … - Iris Faircloth Blitch
Iris Faircloth Blitch (April 25, 1912 - August 19, 1993) was a United States Representative from Georgia. Blitch was born near Vidalia, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens in 1929. She also attended South Georgia College in Douglas in 1949. Blitch worked with her husband in the drug business, naval stores in industry and farming in Homerville, Georgia. In 1946, Blitch was elected to the Georgia Senate, … - Elizabeth Hawley Gasque
Elizabeth Hawley Gasque (February 26, 1886?-November 2, 1989) was a Congresswoman from South Carolina. She was elected to the House of Representatives on September 13, 1938, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Congressman Allard Henry Gasque. She never actually attended Congress, which was not in session during her months of office. She served from 1938 to January 3, 1939 and was not a candidate for re-nomination. Mrs. - Verla C. Insko
Verla Clemens Insko (b. February 5, 1936) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifty-sixth House district, including constituents in Orange county. A retired health program administrator from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Insko is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in her fourth term in the state House. She has been noted for her progressive policy positions, such as her support for publicly funded universal health care, … - Rick Glazier
Rick Glazier is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-fourth House district, including constituents in Cumberland county. A lawyer from Fayetteville, North Carolina, Glazier is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his first term in the state House, where he holds the position of Democratic Freshman Chair. Glazier is also an adjunct professor of law at Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law. - Douglas Y. Yongue
Douglas Y. Yongue, Sr. (born March 20, 1937) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-sixth House district, including constituents in Hoke, Robeson and Scotland counties. A contractor and retired educator from Laurinburg, North Carolina, Yongue is currently (2007-2008 session) serving in his seventh term in the state House. - Veronica Grace Boland
Veronica Grace Boland (March 18 1899 - June 19 1982) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and the first female member of Congress from Pennsylvania. Veronica Grace Barrett was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She married Patrick J. Boland. She was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She was not a candidate for reelection in 1942. - Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day (June 22, 1875 - January 4, 1943) was a U. S. Representative within the Congressional delegation from New York. Born in Perry, Houston County, Georgia, she attended private schools and was graduated from Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens, Georgia. She studied art in Paris, Munich, and Holland and served as president of the Rye School Board. - Willa McCord Blake Eslick
Willa McCord Blake Eslick (September 8, 1878 - February 18, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee, wife of Edward Everett Eslick. Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Eslick attended private schools. She attended Dick White College and Milton College, Fayetteville, Tennessee. She attended Winthrop Model School and Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee. She attended Metropolitan College of Music and Synthetic School of Music, New York, New York. - Willa L. Fulmer
Willa Lybrand Fulmer (February 3, 1884 - May 13, 1968) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. She was born in Wagener, South Carolina where she attended the Wagener public schools and Greenville, South Carolina Female College. Fulmer's husband (Hampton P. Fulmer) was a United States Representative from 1923 to 1944. - Catherine Dorris Norrell
Catherine Dorris Norrell (March 30, 1901 - August 26, 1981) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, wife of William Frank Norrell. Born in Camden, Arkansas, Norrell attended high school in Monticello, Ouachita Baptist College in Arkadelphia, and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. He taught in the public schools of Arkansas. He served as director of music department at Arkansas A.&M. College. - Walter "walt" Dawson
Walter "Walt" Dawson is an Alzheimer's disease activist. He is the son of British immigrant Cecil Dawson and Oregon native Clara Dawson. As a young boy, Dawson captured the attention of America’s leaders and national media by undertaking a letter writing campaign on behalf of his father and other sufferers of Alzheimer's. In 1992, Dawson became a national spokesperson for the Alzheimer's Association. - Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the House Democratic leader, pressed the committee on Sunday to begin investigating and make a preliminary report within 10 days. She demanded to know who knew of the messages, whether Foley had other contacts with pages and when the Republican leadership was notified of Foley's conduct.
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