| LC control no. | no2007046542 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Menendez, Robert, 1954- |
| Variant(s) | Menendez, Bob, 1954- |
| Birth date | 19540101 |
| Place of birth | New York, N.Y. |
| Affiliation | Saint Peter's College (Jersey City, N.J.) Rutgers School of Law--Newark New Jersey. Legislature. General Assembly New Jersey. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Mayors |
| Found in | The virtual debates of the U.S. Senate election in New Jersey, 2006: p. [4] (Robert Menendez) Biographical directory of the United States Congress (Robert Menendez, a Representative and Senator from New Jersey, born 1954) Senator Robert Menendez, viewed, May. 11, 2009 biography (Senator Bob Menendez; b. New York City, Jan. 1, 1954; Bob Menendez grew up in Union City, N,J.; he has served as a school board member, a mayor and a state legislator) <http://menendez.senate.gov/biography/> Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, July 29, 2013: (Menendez, Robert, Senate years of service: 2006- ; a Senator and a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York, N.Y., on January 1, 1954; graduated from Union Hill High School, Union City, N.J., 1972; B.A., Saint Peter's College, Jersey City, N.J., 1976; J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, N.J., 1979; lawyer, private practice; member of the Union City, N.J., board of education 1974-1978, and chief financial officer 1978-1982; mayor of Union City, N.J., 1986-1992; member of the New Jersey state general assembly 1987-1991; member of the New Jersey state senate 1991-1993; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the six succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1993, to January 16, 2006, when he resigned to become a U.S. senator; chair, House Democratic Caucus (One Hundred Eighth through One Hundred Ninth Congresses); appointed on January 17, 2006, to the United States Senate to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jon S. Corzine; service began on January 17, 2006, and took the oath of office on January 18, 2006; elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 for the term commencing January 3, 2007; reelected in 2012 for the term ending January 3, 2019; chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (2008-2011), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress [February 1, 2013-])) |
| Associated language | eng |
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