David Wu
| David Wu | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1999 – August 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Elizabeth Furse |
| Succeeded by | Suzanne Bonamici |
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April 8, 1955 Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Michelle Wu (1996–2009) |
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Stanford University (B.S.) Harvard Medical School Yale Law School (J.D.) |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
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David Wu (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: 吴振伟; pinyin: Wú Zhènwěi; born April 8, 1955) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
As a child of immigrants from Taiwan, Wu was the first Taiwanese American to serve in the House of Representatives. Wu announced that he would resign from office following resolution of the 2011 debt ceiling crisis; he submitted his resignation on August 3, 2011. A special election was held on January 31, 2012, to fill the vacancy in advance of the regular 2012 election. Democrat Suzanne Bonamici defeated Republican challenger Rob Cornilles to win this special election.
Since his resignation, Wu has remained in the Washington, D.C. area. He has been raising money for local Democratic parties, and organizing student exchange programs between the Chinese and American space programs. According to a 2014 report, he still frequents the House offices, where he visits with friends, sometimes sits in on hearings and even goes onto the House floor.
Wu was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan. His parents were from Suzhou in Jiangsu province and settled in Taiwan due to the Chinese Civil War. The family moved to the United States in 1961. Wu spent his first two years in the U.S. in Latham, New York, where his family were the only Asian Americans in town.
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