Stephanie Herseth Sandlin
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's At-large district |
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In office June 1, 2004 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Janklow |
| Succeeded by | Kristi Noem |
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Stephanie Marie Herseth December 3, 1970 Houghton, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Max Sandlin (2007–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Alma mater | Georgetown University |
| Religion | Evangelical Lutheranism |
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Stephanie Marie Herseth Sandlin (born December 3, 1970) is an attorney who served as the Democratic U.S. Representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2004 until 2011. She was first elected to Congress in a special election in June 2004, and was re-elected three times before losing her seat in Congress to Republican Kristi Noem in 2010. She was the youngest female member of the House, and the first woman elected to the House of Representatives from South Dakota. Before her 2007 marriage to Max Sandlin, she was known as Stephanie Herseth.
Stephanie Herseth was born on December 3, 1970, the daughter of Joyce and Ralph Lars Herseth, and was raised on her family's farm near Houghton. Her father's family has been active for two generations in South Dakota politics. Her father served in the South Dakota State Legislature for two decades and ran for Governor in 1986. Her paternal grandfather, Ralph Herseth, was the Governor of South Dakota, and her paternal grandmother, Lorna H. (Buntrock) Herseth, was Secretary of State of South Dakota. Her ancestry includes German and Norwegian.
Herseth graduated from Groton High School in Groton, South Dakota. She earned her B.A. from Georgetown University in 1993; and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1997.
After law school, Herseth worked as a law clerk to Judge Charles B. Kornmann of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota and Judge Diana Gribbon Motz on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She worked in private practice as an attorney in Washington, DC and taught at the Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to her election to the House, she was Executive Director of the South Dakota Farmer's Union Foundation, and served on the board of directors for First Bank and Trust of Brookings, South Dakota.
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