Jeanne Shaheen : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

January 28, 1947(age 69)

Place of birth

St. Charles, Missouri

Political party

Democratic

Spouse

Bill Shaheen

Residence

Madbury, New Hampshire

Alma mater

Shippensburg University (B.A.)
University of Mississippi (M.A.)

Profession

Teacher

Religion

Non-Denominational Protestant

Assumed office

January 3, 2009

Serving with Kelly Ayotte

Preceded by

John E. Sununu

88^th Governor of New Hampshire

In office

January 9, 1997 - January 9, 2003

Succeeded by

Craig Benson

Preceded by

Steve Merrill

Member of the New Hampshire Senate from the 21st District

In office

1992 - 1996

Succeeded by

Iris Estabrook

Preceded by

District created

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Jeanne Shaheen (born January 28, 1947) is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and the Senior United States Senator from New Hampshire. The first woman in U.S. history to be elected as both a Governor and U.S. Senator, she was the first woman to be elected Governor of New Hampshire, serving from 1997 to 2003. Shaheen ran for the United States Senate in 2002, but was narrowly defeated by Republican challenger John E. Sununu. She then served as Director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, before resigning to run again for the U.S. Senate in the 2008 election, defeating Sununu in a rematch. Shaheen is the first Democratic Senator from NH since John A. Durkin, who retired in 1980, and is currently the most junior senior Senator.