Carolyn McCarthy

Carolyn McCarthy

Carolyn McCarthy (born January 5, 1944 in New York City , New York ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th  Congressional District of New York State from 1997 to 2015 .

biography

Carolyn McCarthy was born Carolyn Cook in New York City, the daughter of a boilermaker and saleswoman. In her youth she was an athlete and wanted to become a physical education teacher, but the diagnosis of dyslexia prevented this. She then decided to work as a nurse .

A mass murderer shot dead her husband Dennis on December 7, 1993 and seriously injured their only child. As a result, she campaigned for stricter gun laws , including in Congress .

In 1996 she was elected to the United States House of Representatives to succeed Daniel Frisa . She was able to defend her seat in each of the eight subsequent elections. In Congress , she was most recently a member of the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Financial Services . In 2014, she decided not to be re-elected; their seat fell to the Democrat Kathleen Rice .

She lives in Mineola .

Individual evidence

1. ^ New York Times
2. ↑ For example, after the rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School (December 2012) , she pleaded for spiegel.de
3. ↑ Results of the last elections on rollcall.com (English) ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

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• Carolyn McCarthy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Carolyn McCarthy in the nndb (English)