Nancy Pelosi's Biography
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Nancy Pelosi was born on 26 March 1940 in Baltimore.
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Pelosi's late father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr, was Mayor of Baltimore for 12 years, having spent five terms in Congress. Her brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III has also been Mayor of Baltimore.
- Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington DC in 1962.
- From 1981 to 1983 Nancy Pelosi was chair of the California State Democratic Party. From 1985 to 1986 she was finance chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
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- In 1987, Nancy Pelosi was elected as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sala Burton, representing California's Eighth District in the House of Representatives.
- In 2001 Pelosi served as House Democratic Whip. The following year, in November 2002, the House Democrats elected her the first woman to lead a major political party in the USA.
- On January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi was elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. On January 6, 2009, Nancy Pelosi was sworn in as Speaker for the second time.
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Sources of information on Nancy Pelosi: Biography of Nancy Pelosi on the House of Representatives site; Pelosi data from Congress.org; Biography of Nancy Pelosi from the Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress.
