Carol Moseley Braun

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Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. She was the first and only African-American woman elected to the United States Senate the first African-American U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election and the first and only female Senator from Illinois.

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active years end date

1983-01-12, 1988-12-01, 1992-12-01, 1999-01-03, 2001-03-01

active years start date

1979-01-05, 1983-01-12, 1988-12-01, 1993-01-05, 1999-12-15

alma mater

University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago

appointer

Bill Clinton

birth date

1947-08-16

birth name

Carol Elizabeth Moseley

birth place

Chicago

office

Cook County Recorder of Deeds

order in office

United States Ambassador to New Zealand

region

Illinois

religion

Episcopal Church (United States)

seniority

United States Senator

successor

Donne Trotter