Melvin L. Watt

A Representative from North Carolina. Born in Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, N. C. , August 26, 1945. York Road High School, Charlotte, N. C. , 1963. B. S. , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. , 1967. J. D. , Yale University School of Law, New Haven, Conn. , 1970. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the North Carolina state senate, 1985-1987. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the ten succeeding Congresses until his resignation on January 6, 2014 (January 3, 1993-January 6, 2014). Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency, 2014-2019.