Cool Colleges for Congressmembers

Northwestern University

The #12 National university according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2016
Roughly 39 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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Daniel Lipinski
Representative
Democrat
IL
B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1988
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Bob Dold
Representative
Republican
IL
M.B.A., Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, Ill., 2000
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John Hoeven
Senator
Republican
ND
graduated Northwestern University, M.B.A., 1981
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Shepard Crumpacker
Representative
Republican
IN
was graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., in 1938, and from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1941
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Timothy Sheehan
Representative
Republican
IL
Northwestern University, B.S.C., 1931
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Roland Libonati
Representative
Democrat
IL
graduated from the University of Michigan in 1921 and from the University of Michigan and Northwestern University Law School, J.D., 1924
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George McGovern
Senator
Democrat
SD
held teaching assistantship and fellowship at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1948-1950, receiving his Ph.D. from that university in 1953
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Roman Pucinski
Representative
Democrat
IL
attended Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1938-1941
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Edward Finnegan
Representative
Democrat
IL
attended the St. Ritas, Northwestern, and DePaulus schools, Loyola University, and Northwestern University School of Law
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J. Burke
Representative
Republican
FL
attended Central Y.M.C.A. College in Chicago, Ill., and Northwestern University
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James Collins
Representative
Republican
TX
M.B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1938
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John Dellenback
Representative
Republican
OR
attended Northwestern University School of Speech, Evanston, Ill., 1946 and 1949
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Thomas Railsback
Representative
Republican
IL
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Ill., 1957
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George Collins
Representative
Democrat
IL
graduated from Waller High School and studied business law at Northwestern University
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Abner Mikva
Representative
Democrat
IL
professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1973-1975
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William Conover
Representative
Republican
PA
B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1950
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Morgan Murphy
Representative
Democrat
IL
B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1955
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William Roy
Representative
Democrat
KS
M.D., Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago Ill., 1950
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Cardiss Collins
Representative
Democrat
IL
attended Northwestern University
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John Conlan
Representative
Republican
AZ
B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1951
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James Johnson
Representative
Republican
CO
B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1952
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George O'Brien
Representative
Republican
IL
A.B., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1939
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Samuel Young
Representative
Republican
IL
instructor in economics, University of Illinois, 1947-1948, and business finance, Northwestern University, 1949-1950
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Dale Bumpers
Senator
Democrat
AR
graduated, Northwestern University Law School, Chicago, Ill., 1951
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Thomas Corcoran
Representative
Republican
IL
Northwestern University, 1967
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Richard Gephardt
Representative
Democrat
MO
B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1962
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Earl Hutto
Representative
Democrat
FL
graduate work in broadcasting, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1951
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John Porter
Representative
Republican
IL
B.S. and B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1957
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Michael Synar
Representative
Democrat
OK
M.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1974
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Lynn Martin
Representative
Republican
IL
faculty, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1993-2000
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Harold Washington
Representative
Democrat
IL
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, Evanston, Ill., 1952
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James Kolbe
Representative
Republican
AZ
B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1965
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Scott Klug
Representative
Republican
WI
M.J.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1976
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Jocelyn Burdick
Senator
Democrat
ND
attended Principia College, Elsah, Ill., and graduated from Northwestern University in 1943
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Eric Fingerhut
Representative
Democrat
OH
B.S., Northwestern University, 1981, J.D., Stanford University, 1984
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Rod Blagojevich
Representative
Democrat
IL
B.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1979
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Judy Biggert
Representative
Republican
IL
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law, Evanston, Ill., 1963
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Rahm Emanuel
Representative
Democrat
IL
M.A., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1985
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Bradley Schneider
Representative
Democrat
IL
B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1983
M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1985