Jeanne SHAHEEN, Congress, NH (1947)

SHAHEEN, Jeanne, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in St. Charles, Mo., January 28, 1947; B.A., Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, Penn., 1969; M.S.S., University of Mississippi, 1973; New Hampshire State senator, 1990-1996; governor of New Hampshire, 1997-2003; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 2002; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present