Liz Cheney
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's At-large district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Cynthia Lummis |
| Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State For Near Eastern Affairs | |
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In office February 14, 2005 – January 20, 2009 |
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Elizabeth Lynne Cheney July 28, 1966 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Perry (m. 1993) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater |
Colorado College (B.A.) University of Chicago (J.D.) |
| Religion | United Methodism |
| Website | House website |
Elizabeth Lynne "Liz" Cheney Perry /ˈtʃeɪni/ (born July 28, 1966) is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district.
A second generation elected office holder, Cheney is the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney. She held several positions in the U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush administration. She has been politically active on behalf of the Republican Party and is a co-founder of Keep America Safe. She was briefly a candidate for the United States Senate in Wyoming, challenging the three-term incumbent Mike Enzi, before dropping out of the race. In the U.S. House, she holds the seat formerly held by her father.
Cheney is the elder of two daughters of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former Second Lady Lynne Cheney (née Vincent); Cheney attended part of sixth and seventh grade in Casper, Wyoming, while her father campaigned for Congress. The family split time between Casper and Washington DC in the 1970s through the '80s following her father's election to Congress. Cheney graduated from McLean High School (1984), where she was a cheerleader. She received her bachelor's degree from Colorado College, where she wrote her senior thesis, "The Evolution of Presidential War Powers," (1988). She received her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School (1996), having also taken courses in Middle Eastern history at the Oriental Institute.
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