Steny H. Hoyer

STENY H. HOYER, Democrat, of Mechanicsville, MD; born in New York, NY, June 14, 1939; education: B.S., University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1963; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 1966; honorary doctor of public service, University of Maryland, 1988; professional history: practicing attorney, 1966-90 (admitted to the Maryland Bar Association, 1966); member, Maryland State Senate, 1967-79 (president, 1975-79); chairman, Prince George's County Senate delegation, 1969-75 (chairman, 1967-69); member, State Board for Higher Education, 1978-81; election history: elected to the 97th Congress on May 19, 1981, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the illness of U.S. Representative Gladys Spellman; reelected to each succeeding Congress.