Ron Wyden
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United States Senator from Oregon |
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Assumed office February 5, 1996 Serving with Jeff Merkley |
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| Preceded by | Bob Packwood |
| Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Orrin Hatch |
| Chair of the Senate Finance Committee | |
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In office February 12, 2014 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Max Baucus |
| Succeeded by | Orrin Hatch |
| Chair of the Senate Energy Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2013 – February 12, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jeff Bingaman |
| Succeeded by | Mary Landrieu |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 3rd district |
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In office January 3, 1981 – February 5, 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Duncan |
| Succeeded by | Earl Blumenauer |
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Ronald Lee Wyden May 3, 1949 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Laurie Oseran (divorced) Nancy Bass (2005–present) |
| Children | 5 |
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University of California, Santa Barbara Stanford University (BA) University of Oregon (JD) |
| Website | Senate website |
Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden /ˈwaɪdən/ (born May 3, 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996. He is the current dean of Oregon's Congressional Delegation.
Wyden was born Ronald Lee Wyden in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Edith (née Rosenow) and Peter H. Wyden (originally Weidenreich, 1923–1998), both of whom were Jewish and had fled Nazi Germany. Wyden grew up in Palo Alto, California, where he played basketball for Palo Alto High School. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on a basketball scholarship, and later transferred to Stanford University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1974.
While teaching gerontology at several Oregon universities, Wyden founded the Oregon chapter of the Gray Panthers, which he led from 1974 to 1980. Wyden also served as the director of the Oregon Legal Services Center for Elderly, a nonprofit law service.
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