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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaDianne FEINSTEIN
(1933- )
Senate Years of Service:
1992-Party: DemocratFEINSTEIN, Dianne, a
Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., June 22,
1933; attended the San Francisco public schools and graduated from
the Convent of the Sacred Heart High School 1951; graduated,
Stanford University 1955; member, California Women’s Board of
Terms and Parole 1960-1966; member, San Francisco Board of
Supervisors 1970-1978, serving as president 1970-1971, 1974-1975,
1978; mayor of San Francisco 1978-1988; director, Bank of
California 1988-1989; co-chair, San Francisco Education
Fund’s Permanent Fund 1988-1989; unsuccessful candidate for
Governor of California 1990; elected in a special election on
November 3, 1992, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill
the term left vacant by the resignation of Pete Wilson; took office
on November 4, 1992, and took the oath of office on November 10,
1992; reelected in 1994, 2000, and again in 2006 for the term
ending January 3, 2013; chair, Committee on Rules and
Administration (One Hundred Tenth Congress), Select Committee on
Intellegence (One Hundred Eleventh and One Hundred Twelfth
Congresses).
Bibliography
”Dianne Feinstein,” 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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