Chaka Fattah

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. , November 21, 1956. Attended Overbrook High School, Philadelphia, Pa. Earned G. E. D. , Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1976. Attended University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1977. M. A. , University of Pennsylvania's Fels School of State and Local Government, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1986. Attended John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1984. Special assistant to director of housing and community development, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1980. Special assistant to managing director of housing and community development, Philadelphia, Pa. , 1981. Policy assistant, Greater Philadelphia Partnership. Member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1982-1988. Member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1988-1994. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses until his resignation on June 23, 2016 (January 3, 1995-June 23, 2016).