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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MontanaMax Sieben BAUCUS
(1941- )
Senate Years of Service:
1978-Party: DemocratBAUCUS, Max Sieben, a
Senator and a Representative from Montana; born in Helena, Lewis
and Clark County, Mont., December 11, 1941; attended the public
schools of Missoula and Helena, Mont.; attended Carleton College,
Northfield, Minn. 1959-1960; graduated, Stanford (Calif.)
University 1964 and Stanford University Law School 1967; admitted
to the Montana Bar in 1969 and commenced practice in Washington,
D.C. with various federal agencies; returned to Montana and
practiced law in Missoula; served in the Montana house of
representatives 1973-1974; elected as a Democrat to the
Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; reelected to the Ninety-fifth
Congress and served from January 3, 1975, until his resignation
December 14, 1978; was not a candidate in 1978 for reelection to
the House of Representatives, but was elected as a Democrat on
November 7, 1978 to the United States Senate for the term
commencing January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by the Governor
on December 15, 1978 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Paul Hatfield for the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected in
1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending
January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on Environment and Public Works
(One Hundred Third Congress), Committee on Finance (One Hundred
Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3,
2003], One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Twelfth Congresses); vice
chair, Joint Committee on Taxation (One Hundred Seventh Congress,
One Hundred Eleventh Congress).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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