Jeanne Shaheen — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Senior United States Senator from New Hampshire since 2009
First woman elected both governor and a U.S. senator
78th Governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003
Former director of the Harvard Institute of Politics
Holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Mississippi

Biography

Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is the senior United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she holds the distinction of being the first woman elected both governor and a U.S. senator, and was the first elected female governor of New Hampshire. Born Cynthia Jeanne Bowers on January 28, 1947, in St. Charles, Missouri.

Shaheen's political career began with her election to the New Hampshire Senate in 1990.