Steven Schiff: Difference between revisions
Americus55 (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 50: | Line 50: | ||
[[Category:United States National Guard officers]] |
[[Category:United States National Guard officers]] |
||
[[Category:New Mexico Republicans]] |
[[Category:New Mexico Republicans]] |
||
[[Category:Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives]] |
|||
[[Category:American Jews]] |
|||
[[Category:Jewish American politicians]] |
|||
[[Category:Jewish Americans in the military]] |
[[Category:Jewish Americans in the military]] |
||
[[Category:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni]] |
[[Category:University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni]] |
Revision as of 02:32, 6 May 2009
Steven Schiff | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Lujan, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Heather Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | March 18, 1947 Chicago, Illinois |
Died | March 25, 1998 Albuquerque, New Mexico | (aged 51)
Political party | Republican |
Steven Harvey Schiff (March 18, 1947 – March 25, 1998) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the first district of New Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a Republican.
Schiff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A. at the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Schiff joined the National Guard in 1969, and he was a reservist until his death. He remained in New Mexico and was a lawyer until his election to Congress in 1989. From 1972 until 1981, Schiff was an assistant city attorney from Albuquerque. He was the Bernalillo County, New Mexico district attorney from 1981 until his entering Congress.
Schiff died of Melanoma during his fifth term in Congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Republican Heather Wilson won a special election to succeed him.
References
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Steven Schiff at NNDB
- Steven Schiff at Find A Grave
External Links
- Inventory of the Steven Schiff Papers, 1977-1998, University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for Southwest Research
- 1947 births
- 1998 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico
- New Mexico lawyers
- District attorneys
- United States National Guard officers
- New Mexico Republicans
- Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives
- Jewish Americans in the military
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni
- University of New Mexico alumni
- Deaths from skin cancer
- People from Chicago, Illinois
- People from Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cancer deaths in New Mexico