Barbara Lee
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 13th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Pete Stark |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th district |
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In office April 21, 1998 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Dellums |
| Succeeded by | Jerry McNerney |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 16th district |
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In office December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | John Burton |
| Succeeded by | Don Perata |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 13th district |
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In office December 3, 1990 – November 30, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Elihu Harris |
| Succeeded by | Willie Brown |
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Barbara Jean Tutt July 16, 1946 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Mills College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MSW) |
Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district, serving East Bay voters from 1998 to 2013 during a time when the region was designated California's 9th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first woman to represent the 9th district and is also the first woman to represent the 13th district. Lee was the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Lee is notable as the only member of either house of Congress to vote against the authorization of use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks. This made her a hero among many in the anti-war movement. Lee has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and supports legislation creating a Department of Peace.
Lee was born Barbara Jean Tutt in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Mildred Adaire (née Parish) and Garvin Alexander Tutt, a Lieutenant Colonel. According to a DNA analysis, she descends primarily from the people of Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone. She moved from Texas to California in 1960 with her military family parents, and attended San Fernando High School in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles. She was a young single mother of two receiving public assistance when she began attending college. Lee was educated at Mills College, and received an MSW from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975.
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