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MILLENDER-McDONALD, Juanita, a Representative from California; born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September 7, 1938; B.S., University of Redlands, Redlands,
Calif., 1981; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, Calif., 1988;
attended University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.; member of the
Carson City, Calif., city council, 1990; mayor pro tempore, Carson City,
Calif., 1991-1992; educator, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles,
Calif.; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions, 1984, 1992, and 2000;
member of the California state assembly, 1993-1996; elected as a Democrat to
the One Hundred Fourth Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of United States Representative Walter R. Tucker III, and
reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (March 26, 1996-April 22, 2007);
chair, Committee on House Administration (One Hundred Tenth Congress); died on
April 22, 2007, in Carson, Calif.
BibliographyJuanita Millender-McDonald in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. 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, 2008.
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