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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MaineSusan Margaret COLLINS
(1952- )
Senate Years of Service:
1997-Party: RepublicanCOLLINS, Susan Margaret, a
Senator from Maine; born in Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine,
December 7, 1952; graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton,
NY 1975; worked for United States Senator William S. Cohen
1975-1987, serving as staff director of the Senate Governmental
Affairs Subcommittee on the Oversight of Government Management
1981-1987; commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and
Financial Regulation 1987-1992; New England regional director,
United States Small Business Administration 1992; served as deputy
state treasurer of Massachusetts, 1993; won an eight-way Republican
primary to become the first woman nominated for governor of Maine
in 1994, but lost general election; elected as a Republican to the
United States Senate in 1996; reelected in 2002, and again in 2008
for the term ending January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on
Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Ninth
Congress).
Bibliography
”Susan Margaret Collins,” in Women in Congress,
1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on
House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation,
U.S. House of Representatives. Washington, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 2006.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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