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Donald Trump Born in Queens

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York City. He attended the New York Military Academy, Fordham University, and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania before entering his family’s real-estate business. Trump expanded the business under the Trump Organization name and became a nationally recognized public figure through real estate, licensing, books, and television, including The Apprentice. He entered presidential politics as a Republican and won the 2016 election, serving as the forty-fifth president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. After losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, Trump remained the dominant figure in the Republican Party and won the presidency again in 2024. He returned to office on January 20,...

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Ron Wyden Born in Wichita

Ronald Lee Wyden was born on May 3, 1949, in Wichita, Kansas. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara before transferring to Stanford University, where he earned a bachelor's degree, and later received a law degree from the University of Oregon. Wyden worked on issues affecting older Americans and co-founded the Oregon chapter of the Gray Panthers before entering electoral politics. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon in 1980 and served there until winning a 1996 special election to the United States Senate. Over his long Senate career, Wyden became especially associated with tax policy, health care, energy, privacy, technology, trade, and government surveillance. He chaired the Senate Finance Committee during Democratic majorities and...

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Elizabeth Warren Born in Oklahoma City

Elizabeth Ann Warren was born on June 22, 1949, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She attended George Washington University before completing a degree at the University of Houston and later earned a law degree from Rutgers University. Warren became a law professor and scholar whose research focused heavily on bankruptcy, consumer finance, and the economic pressures facing American households. During the financial crisis era, she chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel established to monitor the Troubled Asset Relief Program. She also helped develop the idea for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and served as an adviser during its establishment. Warren won election to the United States Senate from Massachusetts in 2012 and took office in 2013. In the Senate she has emphasized...

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Chuck Schumer Born in Brooklyn

Charles Ellis “Chuck” Schumer was born on November 23, 1950, in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School before entering elected politics in New York. Schumer served in the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1980 and then represented Brooklyn and Queens in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 through 1998. He won election to the United States Senate in 1998 and subsequently became one of the chamber’s most senior Democratic figures. Schumer chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and later led Senate Democrats, serving as minority leader beginning in 2017, majority leader from 2021 to 2025, and minority leader again after the 2024 elections. His congressional career has involved legislation and negotiations on...

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Sherrod Brown Born in Mansfield, Ohio

Sherrod Campbell Brown was born on November 9, 1952, in Mansfield, Ohio. He graduated from Yale University and later earned graduate degrees from Ohio State University. Brown entered elected office at a young age, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives before becoming Ohio secretary of state. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992 and served seven terms before defeating Senator Mike DeWine in 2006. Brown represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 2007 through January 2025. His Senate work focused heavily on banking, trade, labor, manufacturing, pensions, health care, and economic policy, and he chaired the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee during the 117th and 118th Congresses. Brown cultivated a political identity...

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Lindsey Graham Born in Central, South Carolina

Lindsey Olin Graham was born on July 9, 1955, in Central, South Carolina. After earning undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina, Graham served as a lawyer in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps and continued his military service in reserve components for decades. He entered the South Carolina House of Representatives before winning election to the U.S. House in 1994. As a House member, Graham was one of the managers in President Bill Clinton's 1999 impeachment trial. He won election to the U.S. Senate in 2002 and served from 2003 until his death in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2026. Graham chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and later the Budget Committee and became a...

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Greg Abbott Born in Wichita Falls

Gregory Wayne Abbott was born on November 13, 1957, in Wichita Falls, Texas, and grew up in several Texas communities, including Duncanville. He earned a finance degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Vanderbilt University. After practicing law, Abbott served as a state district judge and was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court in 1995. He later won election to that court and served until 2001. Abbott became Texas attorney general in 2002 and held that office for twelve years, frequently participating in litigation involving federal authority, regulation, voting, environmental policy, and social issues. He was elected governor of Texas in 2014 and took office in January 2015. His governorship has included major debates...

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Mike Pence Born in Columbus, Indiana

Michael Richard Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus, Indiana. He graduated from Hanover College and earned a law degree from Indiana University. After practicing law and working in conservative radio and television, Pence won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. He represented Indiana for twelve years and served as chair of the House Republican Conference. Pence was elected governor of Indiana in 2012 and served from 2013 until 2017. Donald Trump selected him as his running mate in 2016, and Pence served as the forty-eighth vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. His vice presidency included work on administration policy, congressional relations, and the federal COVID-19 response. On January 6, 2021,...

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Adam Schiff Born in Massachusetts

Adam Schiff was born on June 22, 1960, in Framingham, Massachusetts. He later moved with his family to California, graduated from Stanford University, earned a law degree from Harvard, and worked as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles. Schiff served in the California State Senate before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. During his House career, he represented Los Angeles-area districts, chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and served as lead House manager in the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. In 2024, California voters elected Schiff to the United States Senate, and he took office in December of that year. His career has focused on national security, congressional oversight, the judiciary, and...

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Jamie Raskin Born in Washington, D.C.

Jamin Ben "Jamie" Raskin was born on December 13, 1962, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and became a constitutional-law professor at American University's Washington College of Law. Raskin served in the Maryland State Senate from 2007 to 2016 before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 8th Congressional District. He took office in 2017. Raskin became nationally prominent through congressional investigations and constitutional disputes during the presidency of Donald Trump. In 2021, the House selected him as lead impeachment manager for Trump's second impeachment trial following the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Raskin has also held senior Democratic positions on the House Oversight and Judiciary committees. His legislative...

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Rand Paul Born in Pittsburgh

Randal Howard Paul was born on January 7, 1963, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The son of physician and congressman Ron Paul, he grew up in Texas and studied at Baylor University before earning a medical degree from Duke University. Paul trained as an ophthalmologist and practiced medicine in Kentucky before entering electoral politics. He won election to the United States Senate from Kentucky in 2010 and took office in 2011. Paul has often combined Republican positions on taxes and regulation with libertarian-oriented arguments concerning privacy, surveillance, foreign military intervention, federal spending, and individual liberty. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 and has continued to play a visible role in congressional debates over public health, national security, and the scope...

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Mike Pompeo Born in Orange, California

Michael Richard Pompeo was born on December 30, 1963, in Orange, California. He graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a U.S. Army cavalry officer before earning a law degree from Harvard. Pompeo later worked as an attorney and business executive in Kansas. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 and represented Kansas's 4th District until 2017. President Donald Trump appointed Pompeo director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2017 and nominated him as secretary of state the following year. Pompeo served as the seventieth U.S. secretary of state from 2018 through January 2021. His tenure included negotiations with North Korea, the U.S. withdrawal...

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Kamala Harris Born in Oakland

Kamala Devi Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California. She graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law before beginning a career as a prosecutor. Harris served as San Francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2011 and as California attorney general from 2011 to 2017. She won election to the United States Senate in 2016 and served from 2017 until January 2021. Joe Biden selected Harris as his vice-presidential running mate in 2020, and their victory made her the first woman, first Black American, and first person of South Asian heritage to serve as vice president of the United States. Harris served as the forty-ninth vice president from 2021 to 2025....

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Kevin McCarthy Born in Bakersfield

Kevin Owen McCarthy was born on January 26, 1965, in Bakersfield, California. He studied at California State University, Bakersfield, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in business, and worked as a congressional staff member before winning election to the California State Assembly. McCarthy entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007 and rose rapidly through Republican leadership, serving as majority whip, majority leader, and minority leader. After Republicans gained a House majority in the 2022 elections, McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House in January 2023 following fifteen ballots. His speakership operated under a narrow Republican majority and was marked by negotiations over federal spending, the debt ceiling, committee assignments, and internal party disputes. On October 3, 2023, the House voted...

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Gavin Newsom Born in San Francisco

Gavin Christopher Newsom was born on October 10, 1967, in San Francisco, California. After graduating from Santa Clara University, he became involved in business and San Francisco civic affairs. Mayor Willie Brown appointed him to the city's Parking and Traffic Commission and later to the Board of Supervisors. Newsom was elected mayor of San Francisco in 2003 and served from 2004 to 2011. His decision in 2004 to direct city officials to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples drew national attention, although the marriages were subsequently invalidated by the California Supreme Court at that stage of the legal debate. Newsom served as California's lieutenant governor from 2011 to 2019 and became governor in January 2019. As governor, he has dealt...

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Cory Booker Born in Washington, D.C.

Cory Anthony Booker was born on April 27, 1969, in Washington, D.C., and grew up in northern New Jersey. He attended Stanford University, studied at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned a law degree from Yale. After working with nonprofit legal organizations, Booker entered Newark politics and won a seat on the city council in 1998. He served as mayor of Newark from 2006 until 2013, focusing his administration on public safety, development, city services, and education while attracting national attention for his hands-on political style. In 2013, Booker won a special election to the United States Senate, becoming the first African American elected to the Senate from New Jersey. He has served on committees dealing...

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Raphael Warnock Born in Savannah

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock was born on July 23, 1969, in Savannah, Georgia. Raised in a large family, he attended Morehouse College and later earned graduate degrees from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Warnock built a career as a Baptist minister and became senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church in 2005, the congregation historically associated with Martin Luther King Jr. His public work included advocacy on voting rights, health care, poverty, and criminal justice. Warnock entered electoral politics as the Democratic candidate in Georgia's 2020 special U.S. Senate election. He won the January 2021 runoff against incumbent Kelly Loeffler, becoming Georgia's first Black U.S. senator. He won a full six-year term in another runoff election in 2022. Warnock has...

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Ted Cruz Born in Calgary

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz was born on December 22, 1970, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to an American mother and a Cuban-born father. He grew up primarily in Texas, graduated from Princeton University, and earned a law degree from Harvard. Cruz clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and later held positions in the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, and administration of President George W. Bush. He served as solicitor general of Texas from 2003 to 2008 and argued numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Cruz won election to the United States Senate in 2012 and took office in 2013. He became a leading conservative voice in Congress and sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, finishing second...

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Marco Rubio Born in Miami

Marco Antonio Rubio was born on May 28, 1971, in Miami, Florida, to Cuban immigrant parents. He studied at the University of Florida and earned a law degree from the University of Miami. Rubio began his political career in local government before winning election to the Florida House of Representatives, where he later served as speaker. In 2010, he won election to the United States Senate and represented Florida from January 2011 until January 2025. Rubio served on committees dealing with foreign relations, intelligence, small business, commerce, and other areas and sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. President Donald Trump nominated Rubio as secretary of state after the 2024 election, and he resigned from the Senate in January 2025...

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Mike Lee Born in Mesa, Arizona

Michael Shumway Lee was born on June 4, 1971, in Mesa, Arizona. He grew up partly in Utah and the Washington, D.C., area and earned both an undergraduate degree and a law degree from Brigham Young University. Lee worked as a federal judicial clerk, including for Samuel Alito on the U.S. Court of Appeals and later the Supreme Court. He also served as an assistant U.S. attorney and as counsel to Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. Lee won election to the United States Senate from Utah in 2010 and took office in 2011. He has emphasized constitutional interpretation, federalism, limits on federal power, public lands, technology policy, and judicial appointments. Lee has served on several major Senate committees and became...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Born in Milledgeville

Marjorie Taylor Greene was born on May 27, 1974, in Milledgeville, Georgia. She earned a business degree from the University of Georgia and worked as a business owner before entering electoral politics. Greene won election as a Republican to Georgia's 14th Congressional District in 2020 and entered the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2021. She became a nationally prominent conservative political figure and a frequent participant in debates over immigration, federal spending, government investigations, foreign policy, and Republican Party strategy. During the 117th Congress, the House removed her from committee assignments after controversy over earlier public statements and social-media activity; she received committee assignments again in the next Congress. In 2024, she was appointed one of the House managers...

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Tom Cotton Born in Dardanelle

Thomas Bryant Cotton was born on May 13, 1977, in Dardanelle, Arkansas. Raised on his family's cattle farm, he graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School and briefly practiced law before joining the U.S. Army after the September 11 attacks. Cotton served as an infantry officer, including deployments connected with Iraq and Afghanistan, and later worked as a management consultant. He won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 and served one term before winning a U.S. Senate seat in 2014. Cotton was reelected in 2020 and became a prominent Republican voice on national security, immigration, China, military policy, criminal justice, and technology. In 2025, Senate Republicans selected him as chair of the Republican Conference, and he...

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Ron DeSantis Born in Jacksonville

Ronald Dion DeSantis was born on September 14, 1978, in Jacksonville, Florida. He grew up in Dunedin and attended Yale University before earning a law degree from Harvard. DeSantis entered the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps and served in assignments that included support for operations in Iraq. He later worked as a federal prosecutor and won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida in 2012. DeSantis resigned from Congress during his successful 2018 campaign for governor and took office in January 2019. As governor, he became a nationally prominent Republican figure through policies and disputes involving education, immigration, public health, abortion, state authority, corporations, and cultural issues. DeSantis sought the Republican presidential nomination in the 2024 election...

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Josh Hawley Born in Springdale

Joshua David Hawley was born on December 31, 1979, in Springdale, Arkansas, and was raised primarily in Lexington, Missouri. He graduated from Stanford University and Yale Law School, clerked for federal appellate judge Michael McConnell and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, and later taught law at the University of Missouri. Hawley entered statewide politics as Missouri attorney general, serving from 2017 to 2019. He defeated incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill in the 2018 election and entered the United States Senate in January 2019. Missouri voters reelected him in 2024. In the Senate, Hawley has served on committees dealing with the judiciary, armed services, homeland security, small business, and other matters. He has become a prominent conservative voice on questions...

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