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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlaskaLisa MURKOWSKI
(1957- )
Senate Years of Service:
2002-Party: RepublicanMURKOWSKI, Lisa, (daughter
of Frank Hughes Murkowski), a Senator from Alaska; born in
Ketchikan, Alaska, on May 22, 1957; attended public schools in
Fairbanks, AK; attended Williamette University in Salem, Oregon,
1975-1977; B.A. in Economics, Georgetown University 1980; J.D.,
Willamette College of Law 1985; attorney; member, Alaska Bar
Association; Anchorage District Court attorney 1987-1989; private
practice 1989-1996; Mayor’s Task Force on the Homeless
1990-1991; Anchorage Equal Rights Commission 1997-1998; Alaska
State house of representatives 1999-2002; appointed to the U.S.
Senate on December 20, 2002, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of her father, Frank H. Murkowski; elected to the U.S.
Senate in 2004; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 2010,
but subsequently elected as a write-in candidate in the November 2,
2010, general election, for the term ending January 3, 2017;
Republican Conference vice-chair (2009-2010).
Bibliography
”Lisa Murkowski,” 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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