Cool Colleges for Congressmembers

Harvard University

The #2 National university according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2016
Roughly 165 U.S. Congressmembers have been affiliated with the school, such as attending classes, earning a degree, or being employed by the school.

Names in bold indicate Congressmembers who are currently in office as of May 2016.

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Charles Schumer
Senator
Democrat
NY
A.B., Harvard University 1971
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Jim Cooper
Representative
Democrat
TN
J.D., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1980
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Sander Levin
Representative
Democrat
MI
LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1957
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John Reed
Senator
Democrat
RI
M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1973
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Bernard Sanders
Senator
Independent
VT
faculty, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1989
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Michael Crapo
Senator
Republican
ID
J.D., Harvard University School of Law 1977
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Robert Scott
Representative
Democrat
VA
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1969
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Chaka Fattah
Representative
Democrat
PA
attended John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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Ron Kind
Representative
Democrat
WI
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1985
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Brad Sherman
Representative
Democrat
CA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1979
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Patrick Toomey
Senator
Republican
PA
graduated Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., B.A., 1984
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David Vitter
Senator
Republican
LA
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983
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James Langevin
Representative
Democrat
RI
M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1994
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Adam Schiff
Representative
Democrat
CA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1985
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Stephen Lynch
Representative
Democrat
MA
M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1998
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Chris Van Hollen
Representative
Democrat
MD
M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1985
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Brian Higgins
Representative
Democrat
NY
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1996
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John Sarbanes
Representative
Democrat
MD
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1988
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Bill Foster
Representative
Democrat
IL
Ph. D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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Gerald Connolly
Representative
Democrat
VA
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1979
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Alan Grayson
Representative
Democrat
FL
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1978
M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983
J.D, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983
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James Himes
Representative
Democrat
CT
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1988
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Alan Franken
Senator
Democrat
MN
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1973
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John Garamendi
Representative
Democrat
CA
M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1970
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Richard Blumenthal
Senator
Democrat
CT
graduated Harvard University, B.A., 1967
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Mike Pompeo
Representative
Republican
KS
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1994
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Terri Sewell
Representative
Democrat
AL
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1992
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Joaquin Castro
Representative
Democrat
TX
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2000
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Tom Cotton
Senator
Republican
AR
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1998
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2002
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Ted Cruz
Senator
Republican
TX
graduated Harvard University, J.D., 1995
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Ron DeSantis
Representative
Republican
FL
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2005
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Elizabeth Esty
Representative
Democrat
CT
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1981
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Timothy Kaine
Senator
Democrat
VA
graduated Harvard University, J.D., 1983
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Joseph Kennedy
Representative
Democrat
MA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2009
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Raul Ruiz
Representative
Democrat
CA
M.D. and M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2001
M.P.H., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2007
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Mark Takano
Representative
Democrat
CA
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1983
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Juan Vargas
Representative
Democrat
CA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1991
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Katherine Clark
Representative
Democrat
MA
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1997
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Curtis Clawson
Representative
Republican
FL
M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990
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Brendan Boyle
Representative
Democrat
PA
M.A., Harvard University School of Public Policy, Cambridge, Mass., 2005
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Mark DeSaulnier
Representative
Democrat
CA
fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2003
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Ruben Gallego
Representative
Democrat
AZ
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2004
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Martha McSally
Representative
Republican
AZ
M.P.P., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990
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John Moolenaar
Representative
Republican
MI
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1989
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Seth Moulton
Representative
Democrat
MA
B.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2001
M.B.A., M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2011
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Bruce Poliquin
Representative
Republican
ME
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1976
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Benjamin Sasse
Senator
Republican
NE
B.A., Harvard University, 1994
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Elise Stefanik
Representative
Republican
NY
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2006
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Dan Sullivan
Senator
Republican
AK
B.A., Harvard University, 1987
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James Donovan
Representative
Democrat
NY
attended Harvard University, 1919-1921, and was graduated from the law school of Columbia University, New York City, in 1924
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Laurence Curtis
Representative
Republican
MA
graduated from Groton School in 1912 and from Harvard University in 1916
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William Cramer
Representative
Republican
FL
graduated from Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass, 1948
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Torbert Macdonald
Representative
Democrat
MA
was graduated from Harvard University, B.A., 1940 and from its law school, LL.B., 1946
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Henry Reuss
Representative
Democrat
WI
L.L.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1936
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James Roosevelt
Representative
Democrat
CA
was graduated from Groton School in 1926 and from Harvard University in 1930
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Thomas Wofford
Senator
Democrat
SC
graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia 1928, and from Harvard University Law School 1931
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Joseph Clark
Senator
Democrat
PA
graduated from Middlesex School in 1919, Harvard University in 1923, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1926
member of board of overseers, Harvard University 1953-1958
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Charles Porter
Representative
Democrat
OR
graduated from Harvard University in 1941 and from Harvard Law School in 1947
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Joseph Barr
Representative
Democrat
IN
graduated from DePauw University in 1939 and from Harvard University in 1941
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John Brademas
Representative
Democrat
IN
graduated from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1949
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Hastings Keith
Representative
Republican
MA
graduate work at Harvard University in 1938
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Ward Miller
Representative
Republican
OH
Harvard University, A.M., 1931
assistant to Irving Babbitt (Harvard University) 1929-1931
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Samuel Stratton
Representative
Democrat
NY
graduated from University of Rochester in 1937, Haverford (Pa.) College in 1938, and Harvard University in 1940
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Benjamin Smith
Senator
Democrat
MA
graduated from Harvard University in 1939
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John Anderson
Representative
Republican
IL
LL.M., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1949
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John Ashbrook
Representative
Republican
OH
Harvard University, A.B., 1952, and Ohio State University Law School at Columbus, J.D., 1955
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James Bromwell
Representative
Republican
IA
graduated from the Harvard University School of Business Administration in 1947
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Edwin Durno
Representative
Republican
OR
Harvard University Medical School, M.D., 1927
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Benjamin Reifel
Representative
Republican
SD
M.A., 1949, and a Ph.D., 1952, in public administration, Harvard University
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Milward Simpson
Senator
Republican
WY
attended Harvard University Law School 1921-1925
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Robert Taft
Senator
Republican
OH
graduated from Yale University in 1939 and from Harvard University Law School in 1942
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John Wydler
Representative
Republican
NY
LL.B., Harvard University Law School, 1950
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Louis Wyman
Senator
Republican
NH
graduated from the University of New Hampshire at Durham in 1938 and from the Harvard University Law School in 1941
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John Culver
Senator
Democrat
IA
served as dean of men of Harvard University Summer School in 1960
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William Hathaway
Senator
Democrat
ME
graduated Harvard University 1949, and Harvard Law School 1953
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Robert Kennedy
Senator
Democrat
NY
graduated from Harvard University in 1948 and from the University of Virginia Law School in 1951
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Richard McCarthy
Representative
Democrat
NY
took graduate work at the University of Buffalo, Cornell University, and Harvard University
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Donald Riegle
Senator
Democrat
MI
faculty member, Michigan State University, Boston University, and Harvard University
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Charles Whalen
Representative
Republican
OH
graduated from University of Dayton with a degree in business administration in 1942, and Harvard University Graduate School of Business in 1946
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Robert Coughlin
Representative
Republican
PA
M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1954
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Jorge Córdova Díaz
Representative
New Progressive
PR
LL.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1931
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Michael Harrington
Representative
Democrat
MA
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1958
J.D., Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, Mass., 1961
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John Seiberling
Representative
Democrat
OH
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1941
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James Stanton
Representative
Democrat
OH
A.M.P., Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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Victor Veysey
Representative
Republican
CA
M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1938
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David Bowen
Representative
Democrat
MS
A.B., Harvard University, 1954
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John Conlan
Representative
Republican
AZ
LL.B., Harvard University Law School, 1954
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Paul Cronin
Representative
Republican
MA
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1969
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Floyd Haskell
Senator
Democrat
CO
graduated, Harvard University 1937
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Alan Steelman
Representative
Republican
TX
Visiting Fellow, John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1972
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Joseph Fisher
Representative
Democrat
VA
Ph.D., economics, Harvard University, 1947
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Willis Gradison
Representative
Republican
OH
D.C.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1954
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James Jeffords
Senator
Independent
VT
LL.B., Harvard University 1962
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Gene Maguire
Representative
Democrat
NJ
Ph.D., government, Harvard University, 1966
fellow, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1983
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Paul Simon
Senator
Democrat
IL
teacher at Sangamon State University, Springfield, Ill., 1972-1973, and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government 1973
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Richard Stone
Senator
Democrat
FL
graduated from Harvard University 1949 and from Columbia University Law School 1954
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Paul Tsongas
Senator
Democrat
MA
attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University 1973-1974
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Timothy Wirth
Senator
Democrat
CO
graduated, Harvard University 1961
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Edward Zorinsky
Senator
Democrat
NE
pursued graduate work at Harvard University 1966
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Anthony Beilenson
Representative
Democrat
CA
B.A., Harvard University, 1954
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Bruce Caputo
Representative
Republican
NY
B.A., 1965, M.B.A., 1967, Harvard University
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Daniel Glickman
Representative
Democrat
KS
director, Institute of Politics at Harvard University, 2002-2004
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Albert Gore
Senator
Democrat
TN
graduated, Harvard University 1969
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Daniel Moynihan
Senator
Democrat
NY
director, Joint Center for Urban Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University 1966-1969
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James Sasser
Senator
Democrat
TN
fellow, Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1995
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Harrison Schmitt
Senator
Republican
NM
doctorate in geology, Harvard University 1964
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David Stockman
Representative
Republican
MI
graduate studies, Harvard University, 1968-1970, 1974-1975
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James Tucker
Representative
Democrat
AR
B.A., Harvard University, 1964
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Douglas Bereuter
Representative
Republican
NE
M.C.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1966
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1973
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Arlen Erdahl
Representative
Republican
MN
M.P.A., Harvard University, 1966
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Geraldine Ferraro
Representative
Democrat
NY
fellow of the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1988-1992
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Thomas Petri
Representative
Republican
WI
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962
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Barney Frank
Representative
Democrat
MA
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962
graduate work in political science and teaching fellow in government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962-1972
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John LeBoutillier
Representative
Republican
NY
A.B., Harvard University, 1976
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Charles Roemer
Representative
Democrat
LA
B.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1964
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Claudine Schneider
Representative
Republican
RI
member of the faculty, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Robert Shamansky
Representative
Democrat
OH
LL.B., Harvard University, 1950
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Meldon Levine
Representative
Democrat
CA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1969
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Jim Moody
Representative
Democrat
WI
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1967
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Thomas Ridge
Representative
Republican
PA
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1967
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Harley Staggers
Representative
Democrat
WV
B.A., Harvard University, 1974
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Robert Torricelli
Senator
Democrat
NJ
M.P.A., Harvard University 1980
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Jaime Fuster
Representative
Democrat
PR
Law and Humanities Fellow, Harvard University, 1973-1974
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John Rockefeller
Senator
Democrat
WV
graduated, Harvard University 1961
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Frederick Grandy
Representative
Republican
IA
graduated from Harvard University, 1970
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Joel Hefley
Representative
Republican
CO
Gates Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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Amory Houghton
Representative
Republican
NY
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1950
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C. Cox
Representative
Republican
CA
J.D., Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1977
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Jill Long Thompson
Representative
Democrat
IN
fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Peter Smith
Representative
Republican
VT
M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1970
Ed.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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Antonio Colorado
Representative
Democrat
PR
LL.M., Harvard University School of Law, 1966
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Thomas Edwards
Representative
Democrat
TX
M.B.A., Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, Mass., 1981
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William Jefferson
Representative
Democrat
LA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1972
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Samuel Coppersmith
Representative
Democrat
AZ
A.B., Harvard University, 1976
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Russell Feingold
Senator
Democrat
WI
graduated, Harvard University Law School 1979
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Jane Harman
Representative
Democrat
CA
B.A., Smith College, Northampton, Mass., 1966, J.D., Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, Mass., 1969
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Stephen Horn
Representative
Republican
CA
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1955
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Michael Huffington
Representative
Republican
CA
B.A., B.S., Stanford University, 1970, M.B.A., Harvard University, 1972
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Herbert Klein
Representative
Democrat
NJ
J.D., Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, Mass., 1953
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David Mann
Representative
Democrat
OH
A.B., Harvard University, 1961, LL.B., Harvard University School of Law, 1968
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Martin Meehan
Representative
Democrat
MA
student, program of Continuing Education for Lawyers, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1986-1987
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Mel Reynolds
Representative
Democrat
IL
M.P.A., Harvard University, 1986
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Karen Shepherd
Representative
Democrat
UT
fellow at the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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Frank Tejeda
Representative
Democrat
TX
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1980
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Peter Torkildsen
Representative
Republican
MA
M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990
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Peter Barca
Representative
Democrat
WI
graduate work at Harvard University
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Karen McCarthy
Representative
Democrat
MO
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1982
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Thomas Allen
Representative
Democrat
ME
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1974
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Merrill Cook
Representative
Republican
UT
M.B.A. Harvard University School of Business, 1971
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James Maloney
Representative
Democrat
CT
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1972
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Jim Matheson
Representative
Democrat
UT
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1982
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Robert Simmons
Representative
Republican
CT
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1979
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Diane Watson
Representative
Democrat
CA
attended the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
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Artur Davis
Representative
Democrat
AL
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1993
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Elizabeth Dole
Senator
Republican
NC
M.A., Harvard University 1960
J.D., Harvard University 1965
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Katherine Harris
Representative
Republican
FL
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1996
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John Barrow
Representative
Democrat
GA
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1979
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Barack Obama
Senator
Democrat
IL
studied law at Harvard University, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review, and received J.D. in 1991
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Joe Sestak
Representative
Democrat
PA
M.P.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1980
Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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John Adler
Representative
Democrat
NJ
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1981
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1984
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Daniel Maffei
Representative
Democrat
NY
M.P.P., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1995
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Walter Minnick
Representative
Democrat
ID
M.B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1966
J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1969
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Scott Murphy
Representative
Democrat
NY
A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1992
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Paul Kirk
Senator
Democrat
MA
B.A., Harvard University, 1960