Lee Zeldin

Lee M. Zeldin (born January 30, 1980 in East Meadow , Nassau County , New York ) is an American politician . Since January 2015, he has represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1998 Lee Zeldin graduated from William Floyd High School in Brookhaven , Long Island . He then studied at the State University of New York in Albany until 2001 . After studying law at Albany Law School , he was admitted to the bar in 2003. First he served between 2003 and 2007 in the United States Army , whose reserve he still belongs to today. He worked in the intelligence service and achieved the rank of major. In the meantime he was also used in the Iraq war . After serving in the military, he practiced as a lawyer. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 2008 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . Between 2010 and 2014 he was a member of the New York Senate .

In the congressional elections of 2014 Zeldin was then in the first electoral district of New York in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeded the long-term on January 3, 2015 Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop took he in the election with 55 : Had beaten 45 percent of the vote. Since he was re-elected in 2016, he is also a member of the 115th Congress of the United States , which has met since January 3, 2017 . He was also able to prevail against the democratic challenger Perry Gershon in the 2018 election.

In January 2020, he became part of the White House defense team in impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump . In this position he should help organize the defense of the president, but not speak to the Senate himself . During the hearings in the House of Representatives, Zeldin had distinguished himself as a persistent defender of Trump.

Web links

Commons : Lee Zeldin - collection of images, videos and audio files

Lee Zeldin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Web presence at the congress
Lee Zeldin on Vote Smart

Individual evidence

↑ Long Island Press: Republican Lee Zeldin Unseats Congressman Tim Bishop (November 4, 2014)
↑ RealClearPolitics - Election 2018 - New York 1st District - Zeldin vs. Gershon. In: RealClearPolitics. RealClearHoldings, LLC, accessed January 31, 2020 .
^ Statement from the Press Secretary Announcing Congressional Members of the President's Impeachment Team. In: White House. January 20, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .
^ Allan Smith: How a little-known GOP lawmaker became a point man in Trump's impeachment defense. In: NBC News. NBC Universal, November 11, 2019, accessed January 31, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Zeldin, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zeldin, Lee M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 30, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	East Meadow , New York

[1] Long Island Press: Republican Lee Zeldin Unseats Congressman Tim Bishop (November 4, 2014)

[2] RealClearPolitics - Election 2018 - New York 1st District - Zeldin vs. Gershon. In: RealClearPolitics. RealClearHoldings, LLC, accessed January 31, 2020 .

[3] Statement from the Press Secretary Announcing Congressional Members of the President's Impeachment Team. In: White House. January 20, 2020, accessed on January 31, 2020 .

[4] Allan Smith: How a little-known GOP lawmaker became a point man in Trump's impeachment defense. In: NBC News. NBC Universal, November 11, 2019, accessed January 31, 2020 .