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Senate Years of Service: 1987-
Party: Democrat
MIKULSKI, Barbara Ann, a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore,
Md., July 20, 1936; graduated, Mount St. Agnes College 1958; received a
graduate degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work 1965;
social worker in Baltimore; college professor; member, Baltimore City Council
1971-1976; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in
1974; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress; reelected to the four
succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1987; was
not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1986, but was
elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986; reelected in 1992,
1998 and 2004 for the term ending January 3, 2011; Democratic Conference
secretary (1995-).
Bibliography”Barbara Mikulski,” 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, D.C.: Government
Printing Office, 2006.
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