Maxine Waters
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 43rd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Baca |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 35th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Jerry Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Gloria Negrete McLeod |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 29th district |
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In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Augustus Hawkins |
| Succeeded by | Henry Waxman |
| Member of the California House of Representatives from the 48th district |
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In office 1977–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Leon D. Ralph |
| Succeeded by | Marguerite Archie-Hudson |
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Maxine Moore Carr August 15, 1938 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Sid Williams (m. 1977) Edward Waters (m. 1956; div. 1972) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | California State University, Los Angeles (BA) |
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district, and previously the 35th and 29th districts, serving since 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the United States Congress, and is a member and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Before becoming a member of Congress she served in the California Assembly, to which she was first elected in 1976. As an Assembly member, Waters advocated for divestment from South Africa's apartheid regime. In Congress, she was an outspoken opponent of the Iraq War.
Waters was born 1938 in Kinloch, Missouri, the daughter of Velma Lee (née Moore) and Remus Carr. Fifth out of thirteen children, Waters was raised by her single mother once her father left the family when Maxine was two. She graduated from Vashon High School in St. Louis, and moved with her family to Los Angeles, California, in 1961. She worked in a garment factory and as a telephone operator before being hired as an assistant teacher with the Head Start program at Watts in 1966. She later enrolled at Los Angeles State College (now California State University, Los Angeles) and graduated with a sociology degree in 1970.
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