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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IllinoisCarol MOSELEY BRAUN
(1947- )
Senate Years of Service:
1993-1999Party: DemocratMOSELEY BRAUN, Carol, a
Senator from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., August 16, 1947;
educated in Chicago public schools; graduated, University of
Illinois 1969; graduated, University of Chicago School of Law 1972;
admitted to the Illinois bar in Chicago 1973; prosecutor, office of
the United States Attorney, Chicago 1973-1977; member and assistant
majority leader, Illinois house of representatives 1978-1988;
recorder of deeds, Cook County, Ill., 1988-1992; elected as a
Democrat to the United States Senate in 1992, and served from
January 3, 1993, to January 3, 1999; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1998; ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, December
15, 1999-2001; candidate for the Democratic nomination for
president in 2004; entrepreneur; is a resident of Chicago, Ill.,
Atlanta, Ga., and Union Springs, Ala.
Bibliography
”Carol Moseley Braun,” 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; Office of History and Preservation, Office
of the Clerk, Black Americans in Congress, 1870–2007.
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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