Jim Adelbert McDermott (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Washington (7)
- Birth Date: Dec. 28, 1936
- Occupation: Psychiatrist
- Religion: Episcopalian
- Web site: http://www.mcdermottforcongress.com
Education
- University of Illinois, MD
- Wheaton College, BS
Jim McDermott was born in Chicago and resides in Seattle.
He worked his way through school by loading coal and ore boats on the Great Lakes. He received a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College in 1958 and a medical degree from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1963.
He served in the Navy, 1968-70, and was chief psychiatrist at Long Beach Naval Station, Calif., caring for returning Vietnam veterans and their families. He had a private practice in Seattle, 1970-83.
He was elected to the U.S. House in 1988.
McDermott is married to Therese Hansen and has two adult children.
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