Elizabeth Holtzman

A Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , August 11, 1941. Graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1958. B. A. , Radcliffe College, 1962. J. D. , Harvard Law School, 1965. Admitted to the New York bar in 1966 and commenced practice in New York City. Democratic State committeewoman and district leader 1970-1972. Assistant to Mayor John V. Lindsay, 1969-1970. Founder, Brooklyn Women's Political Caucus. Delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1981). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1980 but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. Faculty, New York University Law School and Graduate School of Public Administration, 1981-1982. District attorney, Kings County, Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1982-1989. New York City comptroller, 1990-1993. Unsuccessful candidate in 1992 for nomination to the United States Senate. Resumed the practice of law. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.