Barbara A. Mikulski

A Senator and a Representative from Maryland. Born in Baltimore, Md. , July 20, 1936. Graduated, Mount St. Agnes College 1958. Received a graduate degree from the University of Maryland School of Social Work 1965. Social worker in Baltimore. College professor. Member, Baltimore City Council 1971-1976. Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in 1974. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Reelected to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1987. Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1986, but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986. Reelected in 1992, 1998, 2004 and again in 2010, and served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 2017. Democratic Conference secretary (1995-2005). Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Twelfth [December 20, 2012-January 3, 2013] and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2016. Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 24, 2015.