Bernard Sanders

A Senator and a Representative from Vermont. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N. Y. , September 8, 1941. Graduated from Madison High School, Brooklyn, N. Y. B. S. , University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. , 1964. Faculty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1989. Faculty, Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. , 1990. Carpenter. Journalist. Unsuccessful independent candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972 and 1974. Unsuccessful independent candidate for election for governor of Vermont in 1972, 1976 and 1986. Mayor of Burlington, Vt. , 1981-1989. Unsuccessful independent candidate to the One Hundred First Congress in 1988. Elected as an independent to the One Hundred Second and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 2007). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as an Independent to the United States Senate in 2006 for the term commencing January 3, 2007. Reelected in 2012, 2018, and again in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031. Chair, Committee on Veterans Affairs (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress), Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress), Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress). Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, and again in 2020.