Elizabeth Holtzman (born August 11, 1941) is an American Democratic politician. As of 2005, she was the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress, elected at the age of 31. In 1972, she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating Judiciary Committee chairman Emanuel Celler, a fifty-year incumbent and the House's second-longest serving member, in the Democratic primary for New York's Sixteenth Congressional District. Victorious in the general election, she served from 1973 until 1981. During her tenure, she was considered a staunch liberal. Holtzman served on the Judiciary Committee as the committee held impeachment hearings on the activities of President Richard Nixon in summer 1974. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ... The Congress of the United States is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States of America. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, or (more commonly) the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... Emanuel Celler (May 6, 1888 January 15, 1981) was a congressman in the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1923 until 1973. ... The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... A primary election is one in which a political party selects a candidate for a later election by all registered voters in that jurisdiction (nominating primary). ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... U.S. Congressional districts are determined after each census. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Usage of the word Liberal In the United States, the common meaning of liberal has evolved over time. ... Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government. ... President of the United States - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22, 1994 Place... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Holtzman was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1980, having defeated such luminaries as Bess Myerson and John Lindsay in the Democratic primary. She ran against Republican challenger Al D'Amato and incumbent Senator Jacob Javits on the Liberal Party ticket. Holtzman was narrowly defeated by D'Amato, a loss many observers attributed to Javits' splitting with her the liberal and Jewish votes. In 1981, Holtzman made a comeback, winning election as District Attorney in Kings County (Brooklyn). She won citywide office when she was elected New York City Comptroller in 1989. In 1992, Holtzman sought the Democratic nomination to again challenge D'Amato; she lost the primary to New York Attorney General Bob Abrams, who was subsequently defeated. This was a bitter primary in which Holtzman faced not only Abrams, but former Representative and 1984 vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro. Accusations were raised about Holtzman's association with Fleet Bank, charges which came back to haunt her in 1993 when she was defeated in an attempt to retain her office as Comptroller. The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Bess Myerson (born 16 July 1924) is a United States celebrity. ... John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921–December 19, 2000) was an American politician who served as a Congressman (1959-1966) and mayor of New York City (1966-1973). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Alfonse Martello DAmato (born August 1, 1937) is a former New York politician. ... Jacob Koppel Javits (May 18, 1904–March 7, 1986) was an American politician. ... The Liberal Party of New York is a minor political party active only in New York State. ... This article focuses on the history of Jews in the United States, which has the world’s largest Jewish population. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... United States Attorneys represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... A comptroller may refer to a royal-household official who examines and supervises expenditures, or a public official who audits government accounts and sometimes certifies expenditures. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A primary election is one in which a political party selects a candidate for a later election by all registered voters in that jurisdiction (nominating primary). ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Republican Party nomination Ronald Reagan was unopposed as the nominee for the Republican Party. ... Geraldine Anne Ferraro (born August 26, 1935) is best known as the first and, so far, only woman to be a candidate for Vice President of the United States on a major party ticket (although women on third-party tickets continue to run for the position). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

Holtzman now practices law in New York City with Herrick Feinstein. She has written a memoir (ISBN 1559703024) called "Who Said it Would be Easy: One Woman's Life in the Political Arena" and is currently serving on a commission investigating the connections of the OSS and CIA with Nazis in the post-World War II period. Law (a loanword from Danish- Norwegian lov), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... A committee comprises a mechanism of bureaucracy or of proto-bureaucracy whereby a limited number of people receive delegated functions of government or administration. ... The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime (but not direct) precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the American foreign intelligence agencies, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

External links

• Congressional biography (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000752)

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