Tom Udall
| Tom Udall | |
|---|---|
 |
|
|
United States Senator from New Mexico |
|
|
Assumed office January 3, 2009 Serving with Martin Heinrich |
|
| Preceded by | Pete Domenici |
| Vice Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee | |
|
Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
|
| Preceded by | Jon Tester |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 3rd district |
|
|
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 |
|
| Preceded by | Bill Redmond |
| Succeeded by | Ben Luján |
| 28th Attorney General of New Mexico | |
|
In office January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1999 |
|
| Governor |
Bruce King Gary Johnson |
| Preceded by | Hal Stratton |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Madrid |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Thomas Stewart Udall May 18, 1948 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Jill Cooper |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Education |
Prescott College (BA) Downing College, Cambridge (LLB) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (JD) |
| Website | Senate website |
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Udall /ˈjuːˌdɔːl/ (born May 18, 1948) is the senior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 2008, he represented New Mexico's 3rd congressional district as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2009, and was the Attorney General of New Mexico from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Udall family, he is the son of Stewart Udall, the nephew of Mo Udall, and the cousin of Mark Udall. He is the current dean of New Mexico's Congressional Delegation.
Udall was born in Tucson, Arizona, to Ermalee Lenora (née Webb) and Stewart Udall, the Secretary of the Interior from 1961 to 1969. Two of his maternal great-grandparents were Swiss. He attended Prescott College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. In 1975, he graduated from Downing College, Cambridge in England with a Bachelor of Law degree. That fall, he enrolled in the University of New Mexico School of Law and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1977. Udall then served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Oliver Seth of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. His subsequent legal career included appointments as Assistant U.S. Attorney in the criminal division and Chief Counsel to the New Mexico Department of Health and Environment.
...
Wikipedia