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Maxine Waters
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United States Representative from California since 1991
Film & TV
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Maxine Moore Waters is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Waters is currently in her 15th term in the House, having served since 1991.
Known for
- I Was Born This Way — Self2025
- Bella! — Self2023
- Black Barbie — Self2023
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy — Self (archive footage)2021
- The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart — Self - Guest2020
- Desus & Mero — Self - Illustrious Guest2019
- Fail State — Self2018
- LA 92 — Self (archive footage)2017
- Jewel's Catch One — Self2017
- The Words That Built America — Self - Reader: The Constitution2017
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Patrick McHenry
- Succeeded by
- Patrick McHenry
- Constituency
- 29th district (1991–1993), 35th district (1993–2013), 43rd district (2013–present)
- Born
- Maxine Moore Carr , ( 1938-08-15 ) August 15, 1938 (age 87) , St. Louis , Missouri, U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Edward Waters ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) Sid Williams ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 )
- Education
- California State University, Los Angeles ( BA )
- Website
- House website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Waters
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kinloch
- Occupation
- teacher
- Position held
- member of the United States House of Representatives
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Christianity
- Academic degree
- Bachelor of Arts
- Official website
- waters.house.gov
- Image
- Maxine Waters 2024 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Sacramento
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- date of birth
- 1938-08-15
- Commons category
- Maxine Waters
- name in native language
- Maxine Waters
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- birth name
- Maxine Moore Carr
- member of
- Congressional Progressive Caucus
- social media followers
- 1633738
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Encyclopedic overview
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 43rd congressional district since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, includes much of southern Los Angeles, as well as portions of Gardena, Inglewood and Torrance.
A member of the Democratic Party, Waters is in her 18th House term. She is the most senior of the 13 black women serving in Congress, and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus from 1997 to 1999. She is the second-most senior member of the California congressional delegation, after Nancy Pelosi. She chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2019 to 2023 and has been the ranking member since 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maxine Waters” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.