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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonRonald Lee WYDEN
(1949- )
Senate Years of Service:
1996-Party: DemocratWYDEN, Ronald Lee, a
Senator and a Representative from Oregon; born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kans., May 3, 1949; attended the public schools of Palo
Alto, Calif.; A.B., Stanford University 1971; J.D., University of
Oregon Law School in Eugene 1974; director, Oregon Legal Services
for the Elderly 1977-1979; public member, Oregon State Board of
Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators 1977-1979; elected as a
Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the seven succeeding
Congresses, and served from January 3, 1981, to February 5, 1996,
when he resigned, having been elected to the Senate; elected to the
Senate in a special election on January 30, 1996, to fill the
unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1999, left vacant
by the resignation of Robert W. Packwood, and began service on
February 5, 1996; reelected in 1998, 2004 and again in 2010 for the
term ending January 3, 2017.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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