Lynn M. Martin

A Representative from Illinois. Born Lynn Morley, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill. , December 26, 1939. Attended the public schools. B. A. , University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. , 1960. Teacher. Member of the Winnebago County, Ill. , board, 1972-1976. Member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1977-1979. Member of the Illinois state senate, 1979-1980. Delegate, Illinois State Republican convention, 1980. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990, but was an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Senate. Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President George H. W. Bush, 1991-1993. Faculty, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. , 1993-2000. Is a resident of Chicago, Ill.