Ed Markey — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as the junior United States Senator for Massachusetts since 2013
Served 20 terms as U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district (1976-2013)
Senate author of the Green New Deal
Chaired the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (2007-2011)
Graduated from Boston College (1968) and Boston College Law School (1972)

Biography

Edward J. Markey is the junior United States Senator from the state of Massachusetts, a position he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served 20 terms as the U.

S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district from 1976 to 2013. Before his time in Congress, Markey was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1973 to 1976.

He has been the dean of the Massachusetts's congressional delegation since 2009.