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Senate Years of Service: 1997- Party: Democrat
LANDRIEU, Mary L., a Senator from Louisiana; born in Arlington, Va., November 23, 1955;
graduated from Ursuline Academy, New Orleans, and Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, 1977; member, Louisiana house of representatives 1980-1988;
Louisiana state treasurer 1988-1996; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic
gubernatorial nomination 1995; elected as a Democrat to the United States
Senate in 1996; reelected in 2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending
January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (One
Hundred Eleventh to One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses).
BibliographyMary Landrieu, 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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