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Neil Abercrombie
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Key facts
- Lieutenant
- Brian Schatz , Shan Tsutsui
- Preceded by
- Linda Lingle
- Succeeded by
- David Ige
- Born
- ( 1938-06-26 ) June 26, 1938 (age 87) , Buffalo, New York , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Nancie Caraway ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 )
- Education
- Union College ( BA ), University of Hawaii, Manoa ( MA , PhD )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Neil
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Occupation
- sociologist
- Educated at
- Union College
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Image
- Neil Abercrombie, 111th Pictorial photo.jpg
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Commons category
- Neil Abercrombie
- date of birth
- 1938-06-26
- name in native language
- Neil Abercrombie
- Commons Creator page
- Neil Abercrombie
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 11861
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- Neil Abercrombie
- National Governors Association biography URL
- www.nga.org/governor/neil-abercrombie
- medical condition
- epilepsy
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Encyclopedic overview
Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a graduate of Union College and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He began his political career in 1975, winning a seat in the Hawai'i House of Representatives. He served in the Hawai'i House until 1979, when he was elected to the Hawai'i State Senate. Upon the resignation of Cecil Heftel, who resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives to run for governor, Abercrombie was elected to his vacant seat in a special election in 1986, but lost the Democratic primary for a full term on the same day. Abercrombie served the remainder of Heftel's term until January 1987. He served on the Honolulu City Council from 1988 to 1990 before returning to Congress in 1991. Abercrombie served nine consecutive terms in the House from 1993 to 2010, representing Hawai'i's 1st congressional district, consisting of urban Honolulu.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neil Abercrombie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.