Steny Hoyer
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| House Minority Whip | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Eric Cantor |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Nancy Pelosi |
| Succeeded by | Roy Blunt |
| House Majority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | John Boehner |
| Succeeded by | Eric Cantor |
| Chair of the House Democratic Conference | |
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In office June 21, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Leader | Tom Foley |
| Preceded by | William Grey |
| Succeeded by | Vic Fazio |
| Vice Chair of the House Democratic Conference | |
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In office January 3, 1989 – June 21, 1989 |
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| Leader | Jim Wright |
| Preceded by | Mary Rose Oakar |
| Succeeded by | Vic Fazio |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th district |
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Assumed office May 19, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Gladys Spellman |
| 82nd President of the Maryland Senate | |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1978 |
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| Preceded by | William James |
| Succeeded by | James Clark |
| Personal details | |
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Steny Hamilton Hoyer June 14, 1939 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Judith Hoyer (deceased 1997) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education |
University of Maryland, College Park (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Steny Hamilton Hoyer /ˈstɛni ˈhɔɪər/ (born June 14, 1939) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district, serving since 1981. The district includes a large swath of rural and suburban territory southeast of Washington, D.C.. Immediately following the retirement of Barbara Mikulski, Hoyer became the dean of the Maryland Congressional delegation.
A Democrat, he was first elected in a special election on 19 May 1981 and served as the House Majority Leader from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served as House Minority Whip from 2003 to 2007, and was reelected to that post in 2011. These positions make him the second-ranking figure in the House Democratic Leadership hierarchy.
Hoyer was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in Mitchellville, Maryland, the son of Jean (née Baldwin) and Steen Theilgaard Høyer. His father was Danish and a native of Copenhagen; "Steny" is a variant of his father's name, "Steen", and Hoyer is an anglicized form of the fairly common Danish surname "Høyer". His mother was an American, with Scottish, German, and English ancestry, and a descendant of John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from Suitland High School in Suitland, Maryland.
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