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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Delaware / USJoseph Robinette BIDEN, Jr.
(1942- )
Senate Years of Service:
1973-2009Party: DemocratBIDEN, Joseph Robinette,
Jr., a Senator from Delaware and a Vice President of the
United States; born in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pa., November
20, 1942; educated at St. Helena’s School, Wilmington, Del.,
and Archmere Academy, Claymont, Del.; graduated, University of
Delaware, Newark, 1965, and Syracuse (N.Y.) University College of
Law 1968; admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969 and commenced
practice in Wilmington; served on the New Castle County Council
1970-1972; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in
1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in
2008 and served from January 3, 1973, until January 15, 2009, when
he resigned to become Vice President; chair, Committee on the
Judiciary (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses),
Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Seventh Congress
[January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred
Tenth Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for Democratic
nomination for president in 2008, but was elected Vice President of
the United States on the Democratic ticket headed by Barack Obama,
and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009.
Bibliography
Biden, Joseph R. Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics. New
York: Random House, 2007.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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