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HARMAN, Jane L., a Representative from California; born in New York, N.Y., June 28,
1945; graduated from University High School, Los Angeles, Calif., 1962; B.A.,
Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 1966, J.D., Harvard University School of
Law, Cambridge, Mass., 1969; staff for United States Senator John V. Tunney of
California, 1972-1973; adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington, D.C., 1974-1975; chief counsel and staff director, United States
Senate Judiciary subcommittee on constitutional rights, 1975-1977; deputy
secretary to the cabinet, The White House, 1977-1978; special counsel,
Department of Defense, 1979; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and
to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 1999); was not a
candidate for reelection to One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998, but was an
unsuccessful candidate for nomination as governor of California; elected as a
Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses until
her resignation on February 28, 2011 (January 3, 2001-February 28,
2011).
BibliographyJane F. Harman 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: Government Printing
Office, 2006.
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