James Sensenbrenner
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Barrett |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Kasten |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Hyde |
| Succeeded by | John Conyers |
| Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology | |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Walker |
| Succeeded by | Sherwood Boehlert |
| Wisconsin State Senator | |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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| Wisconsin State Senate Assistant Minority Leader | |
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In office 1977–1979 |
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| Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
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In office 1969–1975 |
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Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr. June 14, 1943 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Warren Sensenbrenner |
| Children | Frank Sensenbrenner Bob Sensenbrenner |
| Residence | Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, University of Wisconsin |
| Occupation | attorney |
| Religion | United Episcopalian (formerly); Roman Catholic (since 2014) |
Frank James "Jim" Sensenbrenner, Jr. (born June 14, 1943) is an American politician who has been a member of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. The district, the state's most Republican, includes many of Milwaukee's northern and western suburbs, and extends into rural Jefferson County. It was numbered as the 9th District until 2003.
He is the former Chairman of the House Science Committee and the former Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee; when the Republicans lost control of the House, he finished his six-year term as Chairman, and was not chosen as the Judiciary Committee's ranking minority member (that honor went to Lamar S. Smith of Texas). He served as the Ranking Republican on the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming from 2007 to 2011, when Republicans abolished the committee after regaining control of the House. Sensenbrenner currently is the "dean" of the Wisconsin delegation, the most senior serving member.
Sensenbrenner was born in Chicago, Illinois. As one of the heirs to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, he grew up in very comfortable circumstances. He was raised in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and attended the private Milwaukee Country Day School, from which he graduated in 1961. He matriculated at Stanford University, graduating with a B.A. in Political Science in 1965. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1968. Sensenbrenner served as staff assistant to California U.S. Congressman J. Arthur Younger and Wisconsin State Senator Jerris Leonard.
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