Jim Himes
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Chris Shays |
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James Andrew Himes July 5, 1966 Lima, Peru |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Scott |
| Residence | Cos Cob, Connecticut |
| Education |
Harvard University (BA) St Edmund Hall, Oxford (MPhil) |
| Website | House website |
James Andrew "Jim" Himes (born July 5, 1966) is an American businessman and U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party and Chairman of the New Democrat Coalition.
The Fourth Congressional District incorporates portions of Fairfield and New Haven counties in southwestern Connecticut, including the cities of Bridgeport, New Canaan and Stamford.
Himes was born July 5, 1966 in Lima, Peru, to American parents, where his father worked for the Ford Foundation.
His father, James R. Himes, also worked for UNICEF, being the director of the Unicef Innocenti Center, a research institute on child development in Florence, Italy.
His mother, Judith A. Himes, was until recent years the director of board activities for the New Jersey Board of Higher Education in Trenton.
He spent his early childhood in Lima and Bogotá, Colombia. After the divorce of his parents, Jim, his mother, and his two sisters moved to Pennington, New Jersey, where Himes attended and graduated from Hopewell Valley Central High School.
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