Jim Sensenbrenner
U.S. Congressperson
1943 –
Who is Jim Sensenbrenner?
Frank James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr. is an American politician who has been a member of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. The district, the state's richest, includes many of Milwaukee's northern and western suburbs, and extends into rural Jefferson County. It was numbered as the 9th District until 2003.
He is the former Chairman of the House Science Committee and the former Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; when the Republicans lost control of the House, he finished his six-year term as Chairman, and was not able to be chosen as the Judiciary Committee's ranking minority member. He served as the Ranking Republican on the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming from 2007 to 2011, when Republicans abolished the committee after regaining control of the House.
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- Born
- Jun 14, 1943
Chicago - Also known as
- Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- James Sensenbrenner
- Rep. James Sensenbrenner
- Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner
- Sen. James Sensenbrenner
- Spouses
- Cheryl Warren Sensenbrenner
(1977 - )
- Cheryl Warren Sensenbrenner
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Episcopal Church
- Anglo-Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Stanford University
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Wisconsin Law School
- Lived in
- Menomonee Falls
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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