Matt Cartwright
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Tim Holden |
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Matthew Alton Cartwright May 1, 1961 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marion Munley |
| Children | 2 |
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Hamilton College, New York (BA) University of Pennsylvania (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Matthew Alton "Matt" Cartwright (born May 1, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the United States Representative for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district since 2013. The district includes a large swath of northeastern Pennsylvania, including Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Easton. A member of the Democratic Party, Cartwright defeated 10-term incumbent Blue Dog Tim Holden, the Dean of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation, in the Democratic primary on April 24, 2012, by a 57%-43% margin. Cartwright went on to defeat Republican Laureen Cummings in the general election on November 6, 2012 by a 61%-39% margin. As an attorney, Cartwright previously worked at the law firm of Munley, Munley, and Cartwright.
Cartwright was born on May 1, 1961 in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Alton S. Cartwright and Adelaide Cartwright. Matt Cartwright attended Upper Canada College (Toronto), graduating in 1979, before going on to earn a magna cum laude Bachelor of Arts Degree in History at Hamilton College in 1983, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Cartwright studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He served two years as an Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1986. In 1981, Cartwright attended the London School of Economics. It is at that school where Cartwright met his future wife, Marion Munley. Munley and Cartwright joined the Munley family's law firm in the Scranton area.
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