Cynthia Lummis
| Cynthia Lummis | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's at-large district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Cubin |
| Succeeded by | Liz Cheney |
| 27th Treasurer of Wyoming | |
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In office January 1999 – January 2007 |
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| Governor |
Jim Geringer Dave Freudenthal |
| Preceded by | Stan Smith |
| Succeeded by | Joe Meyer |
| Member of the Wyoming Senate from the 5th district |
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In office January 14, 1993 – January 10, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Yordy |
| Succeeded by | Donald Lawler |
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Cynthia Marie Lummis September 10, 1954 Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Alvin Wiederspahn (1983–2014) |
| Children | Annaliese |
| Alma mater | University of Wyoming (BS, JD) |
Cynthia Marie Lummis Wiederspahn (born September 10, 1954) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district, serving from 2009 to 2017. She is a member of the Republican Party. She previously served as a State Representative (1979–1983, 1985–1993), State Senator (1993–1995), and State Treasurer (1999–2007).
She did not seek reelection in 2016.
Lummis is one of four children born in Cheyenne to Doran Lummis and the former Enid Bennett (1928–2013), a native of Denver, Colorado, who was reared in Cheyenne and was highly active in Cheyenne Frontier Days and the Republican Party. Lummis' maternal grandparents were Clarence "Buck" Bennett, the head mechanic at the Greyhound Bus Lines in Cheyenne, and Eda Erickson Bennett. In a statement upon her mother's death, Lummis said, "I carry with me so many lessons my mother taught me; chief among them is the quiet grit she displayed in the face of pain and adversity."
After high school, Lummis enrolled in the University of Wyoming in Laramie, obtaining two Bachelor of Science degrees in animal science in 1976 and in biology in 1978. While she was a legislator, she received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wyoming in 1985 and also clerked for the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Lummis was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983 and 1985 to 1993, and then the Wyoming Senate from 1993 to 1995.
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