Terri Sewell

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Terri Sewell

Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (born January 1, 1965 in Selma , Alabama ) is an American politician in the Democratic Party and a member of the US House of Representatives for the state of Alabama. She is the first African American woman to hold this office and the only Democratic representative out of a total of seven congressmen sent by Alabama.

biography

Terri Sewell is the daughter of former coach Andrew A. Sewell and former councilor and librarian Nancy Gardner Sewell, who was the first woman to hold the position. Her grandfather was a Baptist minister.

She studied law at Princeton , Harvard and Oxford Universities . She received a scholarship from US News & World Report and graduated with honors. At the age of 25, she completed her studies with a master's thesis on the first black MPs in the British Parliament. During her college years, she worked for Congressman Richard Shelby and Senator Howell Heflin . From 1992 she was also involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , a civil rights organization for African American people.

From 1994 she worked as an attorney with the international law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell on Wall Street , where she was responsible for finance and capital markets. In 2004 she moved to the law firm Maynard, Cooper, & Gale, PC , where she campaigns for the rights of African American people and for the promotion of educational institutions. In 2010 she was elected to the United States House of Representatives, replacing Artur Davis . It is there as a member of the Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Science and Technology operates. After three re-elections in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, she is expected to be able to exercise her mandate in the House of Representatives until January 2021. She has the option to run for another candidate.

Sewell belongs to the Protestant faith.

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personal data
SURNAME Sewell, Terri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sewell, Terrycina Andrea (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Selma , Alabama