Tammy Baldwin

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Tammy Baldwin is a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and the first openly gay woman elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.


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instanceOf Democratic Party politician
United States senator
human
politician
advocacyFocus LGBT rights
health care reform
workers' rights
birthName Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1962-02-11
degreeEarned Bachelor of Arts
Juris Doctor
educatedAt Smith College
University of Wisconsin–Madison
electedTo United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED
United States Senate
endTime 1999 (as Wisconsin State Assembly member)
2013-01-03 (as U.S. Representative)
ethnicity English American
German American
familyName Baldwin
gender female
givenName Tammy
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party (United States)
name Tammy Baldwin
notableAchievement first openly LGBT person elected to the U.S. Senate
first openly gay woman elected to the United States House of Representatives
first openly gay woman elected to the United States Senate
occupation lawyer
legislator
placeOfBirth Madison, Wisconsin, United States
positionHeld Member of the United States House of Representatives
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
United States Senator
precededBy Herb Kohl (as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin)
Scott Klug (as U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd district)
religion United Church of Christ
represents Wisconsin
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
residence Madison, Wisconsin, United States NERFINISHED
servedOn Committee on Appropriations (U.S. Senate)
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (U.S. Senate)
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (U.S. Senate)
sexualOrientation lesbian
startTime 1993 (as Wisconsin State Assembly member)
1999-01-03 (as U.S. Representative)
2013-01-03 (as U.S. Senator)

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University of Wisconsin–Madison
hasNotableAlumni
Tammy Baldwin
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