Amy Klobuchar : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

May 25, 1960(age 55)

Place of birth

Plymouth, Minnesota

Political party

Democratic-Farmer-Labor

Spouse

John Bessler

Children

Abigail Klobuchar Bessler

Residence

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alma mater

Yale University (B.A.)
University of Chicago (J.D.)

Occupation

Attorney

Religion

Congregationalism

Assumed office

January 3, 2007

Serving with Al Franken

Preceded by

Mark Dayton

In office

1999 - 2007

Succeeded by

Michael O. Freeman

Preceded by

Michael O. Freeman

Amy Jean Klobuchar ( , born May 25, 1960) is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party. She is the first elected female senator from Minnesota and is one of seventeen female senators serving in the 112th United States Congress.

Formerly county attorney of Hennepin County, Klobuchar was the chief prosecutor for the most populous county in Minnesota. She was a legal adviser to former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and partner in two prominent law firms. She has been cited by the New York Times as one of the seventeen women most likely to become the first female President of the United States and by MSNBC as a possible nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Klobuchar served as Minnesota's only senator between January 3, 2009 and July 7, 2009, due to the contested results of Minnesota's senatorial election held the previous year.