In 1974, Schumer ran for and was elected to the New York State Assembly, filling a seat previously held by Schumer's mentor, Congressman Stephen Solarz. He passed the New York state bar in early 1975, but never practiced law, choosing a career in politics instead.
After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1971, Schumer attended Harvard Law School, earning his Juris Doctor with honors in 1974. He attended Harvard College, where he originally majored in chemistry before switching to social studies after volunteering on Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign in 1968. He competed for Madison High on the television quiz show It's Academic.
Schumer attended Brooklyn public schools, scoring 1600 on the SAT and graduating as the valedictorian of James Madison High School in 1967. His ancestors originated from the town of Chortkiv, Galicia, in what is now western Ukraine. He and his family are Jewish, and he is a second cousin, once removed, of comedian Amy Schumer. His father ran an exterminating business, and his mother was a homemaker. Schumer was born in Midwood, Brooklyn, the son of Selma (née Rosen) and Abraham Schumer. 5.4 Statement about Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.4.21 Subprime mortgage and foreclosure crisis.4.3 Bush administration judicial nominations.3.1 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.In January 2021, Schumer became Senate Majority Leader, and the first Jewish leader of either chamber of Congress. Schumer won his fourth term in the Senate in 2016 and was then unanimously elected Democratic leader to succeed Harry Reid, who was retiring. He served as Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate from 2007 to 2017 and chaired the Senate Democratic Policy Committee from 2011 to 2017. He was the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, behind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin. Schumer chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2005 to 2009, overseeing 14 Democratic gains in the Senate in the 20 elections. He was reelected in 2004 with 71% of the vote, in 2010 with 66% of the vote, and in 2016 with 70% of the vote. In 1998, Schumer was elected to the Senate, defeating three-term Republican incumbent Al D'Amato. He served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1999, first representing New York's 16th congressional district before being redistricted to the 10th congressional district in 1983 and 9th congressional district ten years later. He is the dean of New York's congressional delegation.Ī native of Brooklyn and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Schumer was a three-term member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1980. A member of the Democratic Party, Schumer is in his fourth Senate term, having held his seat since 1999, and is the senior United States senator from New York. Charles Ellis Schumer ( / ˈ ʃ uː m ər/ SHOO-mər born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since January 20, 2021.
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