Charles B. Rangel

A Representative from New York. Born in New York, New York County, N. Y. , June 11, 1930. Attended DeWitt Clinton High School. B. S. , New York University School of Commerce, New York, N. Y. , 1957. LL. B. (J. D. ), St. John&rsquo. S Law School, Brooklyn, N. Y. , 1960. United States Army, 1948-1952. Lawyer, private practice. Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1963. Counsel to speaker of the New York state assembly, 1965. Counsel to the President&rsquo. S Commission to Revise the Draft Laws, 1966. Secretary, New York State Penal Law and Code Revision Commission. Member of the New York state assembly, 1966-1970. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second and to the twenty-two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 2017). Censured by the U. S. House of Representatives on December 2, 2010, for misuse of congressional letterhead and financial impropriety. Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress in 2016. Chairman, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred Third Congresses). Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses). Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation (One Hundred Eleventh Congress). Died on May 26, 2025, in New York City, N. Y.