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Category: History & Society
Byname of:
Richard Joseph Durbin
Born:
November 21, 1944, East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. (age 79)
Title / Office:
United States Senate (1997-), United States
House of Representatives (1983-1997), United States
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
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Dick Durbin (born November 21, 1944, East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.) American politician who represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–97) and in the U.S. Senate (1997– ), where he served as the Democratic majority whip (2005–15) and minority whip (2015– ). Durbin attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a B.A. (1966) and a law degree (1969). In 1967 he married Loretta Schaefer, and the couple later had three children. He began his legal career in Springfield, Illinois, where he opened a law practice and also worked as legal counsel to the state’s lieutenant governor, ...(100 of 546 words)

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