Terri Sewell Biography
Age: 52, Born on January 1, 1965 in Huntsville, Alabama
Terri Sewell attended high school in Selma, Alabama and furthered her education at Princeton University. She earned her master's degree from Oxford University and attended law school at Harvard. She received many honors from all the universities she attended and spent her college summers working on the hill for various Congressmen. Her mother largely influenced her to start her career in politics. Her mother was the first woman elected to Selma's City Council and led a politically active life.
Now Sewell lives in and represents Alabama's 7th district. She was once married but now divorced and has no children. She is a member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She was one of the first African American women from Alabama to be elected to Congress. Before she was elected to Congress she served as a law clerk in Birmingham and then became a partner in the firm. In the law office of Maynard, Cooper & Gale she became the only black public finance lawyer in Alabama.
Terri Sewell holds liberal views on most issues and will vote according to party lines about ninety percent of the time. She was elected to Congress in 2010 and since then has been a strong advocate for many of former President Obama's proposals. In addition, she is a strong supporter of honoring those who have lost their lives for honorable causes. Her first piece of successful legislation was the Congressional Gold Medal bill that were killed in the bombing of a church in 1964. She is also a strong advocate for job creation, workforce development and job training for her constituents.
Assignments
Sewell sits on the Ways and Means Committee and is well qualified with her fifteen years of experience as a public finance attorney. She is also a member of the Permanent Select Committee of Intelligence which deals with national security. She is a ranking member on the Subcommittee on the Department of Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, an important subcommittee to the Permanent Select Committee of Intelligence.
Interest Group Ratings
Sewell scores nearly a 100 percent approval rate with all Pro-Choice organizations. The UFCW also gives her a 100 percent rating for her anti-management and pro-labor voting record. Her 85 percent rating from the National Association of Police Organizations shows that she has a tough on crime attitude. The National Education Association also scored her at 100 percent, and many affirmative action and employment groups rated her extremely high. Her scores were low among nearly all conservative leaning groups.
Fun Facts
She was the first black valedictorian in her high school. After graduating from college she was on The Today Show because she was selected as one of the "Top Collegian Women."
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