Jamie Raskin

Career and professional background

• Education

  graduated from Georgetown Day High School, Washington, D.C., 1979

  Congress Biographical Directory · primary government source

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• Education

  A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 1983

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• Career and public service

  J.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1987

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• Career and public service

  assistant attorney general, office of the Mass. state attorney general, 1987-1989

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• Career and public service

  professor, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C., 1990-2017

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• Career and public service

  member of the Maryland state senate, 2007-2016, majority whip, 2012-2016

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• Career and public service

  elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present)

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• Career and public service

  lead manager appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.

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• Reviewed public-service context

  His House biography describes three Maryland state-senate terms and election by colleagues as Senate majority whip before Congress. State party-floor leadership is distinct from federal committee leadership.

  Member's official House biography · attributed government office account · Retrieved Nov 5, 2026

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• Reviewed published work

  His office identifies We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and About America’s Students as a casebook written for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, alongside his book Overruling Democracy. These published educational works are separate from legislative results.

  Member's official House biography · attributed government office account · Retrieved Nov 5, 2026

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• Current committee responsibilities

  The House Clerk’s 119th-Congress member roster lists Judiciary as his committee assignment. This administrative record identifies committee membership; it does not by itself establish attendance or a policy outcome. These assignments were checked for the 119th Congress.

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Background retrieved Nov 5, 2026. Selected claims reviewed Nov 5, 2026. Career facts do not establish current employment, holdings or income.

Recent recorded congressional votes

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Reported campaign finances

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