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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaBOXER, Barbara(1940—)Senate Years of Service: 1993-Party: Democrat BOXER, Barbara, a Representative and a Senator from California; born Barbara Levy in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 11, 1940; attended public schools in Brooklyn; graduated, Wingate High School 1958; B.A., Brooklyn College 1962; stockbroker 1962-1965; newspaper editor 1972-1974; congressional aide 1974-1976; elected member, Board of Supervisors, Marin County, Calif. 1976-1982; delegate, California State Democratic convention 1983; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1992; elected to the United States Senate in 1992; reelected in 1998 and 2004 for term ending January 3, 2011; chair, Committee on Environment and Public Works (One Hundred Tenth Congress), Select Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Tenth Congress). Boxer, Barbara. Strangers in the Senate: Politics and the New Revolution of Women in America . Washington, D.C.: National Press Books, 1994. ___, with Mary-Rose Hayes. A Time to Run: A Novel . San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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