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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkKirsten GILLIBRAND
(1966- )
Senate Years of Service:
2009-Party: DemocratGILLIBRAND, Kirsten, a
Senator and a Representative from New York; born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., December 9, 1966; A.B., Dartmouth College, Hanover,
N.H., 1988; J.D., University of California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, Calif., 1991; lawyer, private practice; special council,
United States Housing and Urban Development; elected as a Democrat
to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the succeeding Congress,
and served from January 3, 2007, to January 26, 2009, when she
resigned to become a U.S. Senator; appointed January 23, 2009 to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hillary Clinton;
appointment took effect upon her resignation from the House of
Representatives on January 26, 2009; service began and took the
oath of office on January 27, 2009; elected in 2010 in a special
election for the term ending January 3, 2013.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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