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Senate Years of Service: 2001- Party: Democrat
CANTWELL, Maria E., a Representative and Senator from Washington; born in Indianapolis,
Ind., October 13, 1958; attended public schools in Indianapolis; B.A., Miami
University of Ohio 1980; pursued an academic course at the Miami University
European Center, Luxembourg; public relations consultant; Washington State
representative 1987-1993; elected as a Democrat to the 103rd Congress (January
3, 1993-January 3, 1995); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 104th
Congress; elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate on November 7, 2000, for the
term commencing January 3, 2001; reelected in 2006 for the term ending January
3, 2013.
BibliographyMaria E. Cantwell, 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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