Charles Schumer

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Democratic Party politician United States senator human lawyer politician

Charles Schumer is a longtime Democratic U.S. senator from New York who serves as Senate Majority Leader and is known for his influential role in national legislative politics.

Aliases (4)

Chuck Schumer ×3
Charles E. Schumer ×1
Charles Ellis Schumer ×1
Schumer ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Democratic Party politician → United States senator → human → lawyer → politician →
birthDate	1950-11-23 →
birthPlace	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
educatedAt	Harvard College → Harvard Law School →
electedToOffice	New York State Assembly → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
endTime	2021-01-20 (as Senate Minority Leader) →
ethnicGroup	Ashkenazi Jews →
familyName	Schumer →
fieldOfWork	national legislative politics →
fullName	Charles Ellis Schumer →
gender	male →
givenName	Charles →
hasChild	Alison Schumer → Jessica Schumer →
memberOf	United States Congress → United States Senate Democratic Caucus →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
nativeLanguage	English →
notableWork	Affordable Care Act protection efforts → Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act support → Comprehensive Immigration Reform advocacy →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
positionHeld	Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee → Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus → Member of the New York State Assembly → Senate Majority Leader of the United States → Senate Minority Leader of the United States → United States representative → United States senator from New York →
precededBy	Alfonse D'Amato (as U.S. senator from New York) → Harry Reid (as Senate Minority Leader) → Mitch McConnell (as Senate Majority Leader) →
religion	Judaism →
represents	New York →
residence	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States →
spouse	Iris Weinshall →
startTime	1999-01-03 (as U.S. senator from New York) → 2017-01-03 (as Senate Minority Leader) → 2021-01-20 (as Senate Majority Leader) →
succeededBy	Mitch McConnell (as Senate Minority Leader) →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Charles Schumer ("Schumer") →	familyName
Charles Schumer ("Charles Ellis Schumer") →	fullName
118th United States Congress ("Chuck Schumer") →	senateMajorityLeader
115th United States Congress ("Chuck Schumer") →	senateMinorityLeader
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ("Charles E. Schumer") →	sponsor
Religious Freedom Restoration Act →	sponsorInHouse
Chuck ("Chuck Schumer") →	usedAsGivenNameBy