Chuck Schumer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Senate Minority Leader (since 2025) and U.S. Senator from New York (since 1999).
Held the role of Senate Majority Leader from 2021 to 2025, becoming the first Jewish Senate leader in U.S. history.
Longest-serving U.S. senator from New York, surpassing Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jacob K. Javits.
Shepherded major legislative initiatives as Majority Leader, including the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and CHIPS and Science Act.
Graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Biography

Charles Ellis Schumer is an American politician who has served as a United States Senator from New York since 1999. A member of the Democratic Party, he currently leads the Senate Democratic Caucus as Senate Minority Leader, a position he has held since 2025, and previously from 2017 to 2021. From 2021 to 2025, Schumer served as Senate Majority Leader, becoming the first Jewish Senate leader in U.

S. history. Elected to a fifth term in 2022, he is the longest-serving U.

S. senator from New York.