Members of Congress / Eleanor Norton

NORTON, Eleanor Holmes, a Delegate from the District of Columbia; born in Washington, D.C., June 13, 1937; attended public schools; B.A., Antioch College of Antioch University, Yellow Springs, Ohio, 1960; M.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1963; LL.B., Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1964; lawyer, private practice; law clerk to Federal District Court Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, 3rd Circuit, 1964-1965; assistant legal director, American Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1970; adjunct assistant professor, New York University Law School, 1970-1971; executive assistant to the mayor, New York City, 1971-1974; chair, New York City commission on human rights, 1970-1977; chair, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1977-1981; senior fellow, Urban Institute, 1981-1982; professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1982-1990; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-present). (Source.)

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· 111th Congress: Delegate, District of Columbia, Democratic. Jan. 3, 2009, to Jan. 3, 2011.
· 110th Congress: Delegate, District of Columbia, Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 103rd Congress: Delegate, District of Columbia, Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.

See how Eleanor Norton voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

Eleanor Norton has missed 28 votes (12.1%) during the current Congress. See a list of her missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

Eleanor Norton has voted with a majority of her Democratic colleagues 96.1% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Norton did not vote. See a list of her votes against her party since 1991, a list of all Delegates in the 111th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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