Steve Rothman
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Robert G. Torricelli |
| Succeeded by | William J. Pascrell |
| Mayor of Englewood | |
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In office 1983–1989 |
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| Preceded by | Sondra Greenberg |
| Succeeded by | Donald Aronson |
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October 14, 1952 Englewood, New Jersey |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Englewood, New Jersey |
| Alma mater | Syracuse University, Washington University School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Judaism |
Steven R. "Steve" Rothman (born October 14, 1952) is a former Democratic elected official from the state of New Jersey. He was a U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 9th Congressional District, serving from January 3, 1997 to January 3, 2013. After the December 23, 2011 Congressional redistricting was announced, Rothman competed in a Democratic Primary to continue to represent the redrawn NJ-9. He was defeated on June 5, 2012 in a primary election by fellow incumbent Bill Pascrell (formerly the Congressman for NJ-8).
In Congress, Rothman was a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which recommends the allocation of all the funds in the federal budget. During the course of his 16 years in Congress, Rothman also served on the House Judiciary; Foreign Affairs; and Science and Technology Committees.
Prior to his election to the U. S. Congress, Rothman also served as the duly-elected Bergen County Surrogate Court Judge, and the two-term Mayor of the City of Englewood, New Jersey.
Rothman is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York. He started his career as a trial attorney in Jersey City and then owned and operated his own law office for the general practice of law in Englewood, NJ, before beginning his public career.
Congressman Rothman lives in Englewood, New Jersey.
Steve Rothman was born on October 14, 1952, in Englewood, New Jersey to Philip and Muriel Rothman; he and his twin Arthur joined an older sister Susan. Steve attended the Roosevelt Public Elementary School in Englewood until the fifth grade when the family moved to nearby Tenafly, where he completed his education in the Tenafly Public School System.
Rothman graduated in 1970 from Tenafly High School where he was Senior Class President, Best School Citizen, was first clarinet, first chair in the Tenafly High School Orchestra, was a member of the Tenafly High School Madrigal Singers, played the lead in Tenafly High School's drama Twelve Angry Men, wrestled, played soccer and tennis. He was a freestyle and backstroke swimmer in a New Jersey Jewish Community Center swim league and completed his Water Safety Instructor Certificate in 1971.
In his senior year in high school, Rothman became the chair of the 18-Year-Old Vote Campaign for Tenefly, New Jersey, seeking to secure the New Jersey legislature's support for the proposed 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ensuring 18-year-old U.S. citizens the right to vote.
In 1974 he earned a B.A. Degree from Syracuse University, where he majored in Political Philosophy. In 1972 he was selected by a student-faculty-administrator search committee to serve on the University's student supreme court (University Judicial Board) for his sophomore, junior and senior years. He was elected Chief Justice of the UJB by its members for 1973-74.
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