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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• Harvard Law School - JD, with honors (1974)

• Harvard College - AB (1971)

• James Madison High School (Brooklyn, N.Y.) - Diploma (1967)

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New York (Class 3)
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 70.60%

  Democrat, Independence Party, Women's Equality Party, Working Families
  Wendy Long, 27.17%

  Republican, Conservative, Reform Party
  Robin Laverne Wilson, 1.53%

  Green

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New York (Class 3)
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 63.98%

  Democrat
  Jay Townsend, 31.08%

  Republican

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New York (Class 3)
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 64.04%

  Democrat
  Howard Mills, 21.82%

  Republican
  Marilyn F. O'Grady, 2.97%

  Conservative

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for New York (Class 3)
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 51.12%

  Democrat
  Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (Al), 41.26%

  Republican

• 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)

  9th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 60.12%

  Democrat
  Robert J Verga, 17.11%

  Republican
  Michael Mossa, 3.15%

  Conservative

• 1995 (Nov. 8, 1994 election)

  9th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 59.91%

  Democrat
  James P Mccall, 22.59%

  Republican

• 1993 (Nov. 3, 1992 election)

  9th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 54.66%

  Democrat
  Alice G Gaffney, 7.03%

  Conservative

• 1991 (Nov. 6, 1990 election)

  10th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 66.94%

  Democrat
  Patrick J Kinsella, 16.29%

  Republican

• 1989 (Nov. 8, 1988 election)

  10th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 78.44%

  Democrat
  George S Popielarski, 17.81%

  Republican
  Alice E Gaffney, 3.75%

  Conservative

• 1987 (Nov. 4, 1986 election)

  10th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 93.31%

  Democrat
  Alice Gaffney, 6.69%

  Conservative

• 1985 (Nov. 6, 1984 election)

  10th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 72.42%

  Democrat
  John H Fox, 26.26%

  Republican
  Alfred F Donohue Jr, 1.32%

  Right to Life

• 1983 (Nov. 2, 1982 election)

  10th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 79.20%

  Democrat
  Stephen Marks, 19.15%

  Republican
  Alice J Bertolotti, 1.65%

  Right to Life

• 1981 (Nov. 4, 1980 election)

  16th Congressional District of New York
  Charles Ellis Schumer (Chuck), 77.47%

  Democrat
  Theodore Silverman, 19.61%

  Republican
  Mary B Spalding, 2.91%

  Right to Life

Associated Organizations

• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.)

  Ex Officio Member, Board of Trustees

• Friends of Schumer (New York)

• IMPACT

• New York State Bar (1975-)

Awards

• Congressional Leadership Award for Technology and Telecommunications (National Urban League) (March 2024)

• Edward M. Kennedy National Service Lifetime Leadership Award (Voices for National Service) (2022)

• Beer Champion (Beer Institute) (Sept. 2021)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Legislative Recognition Award (American Ambulance Association) (June 2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Leadership Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Community Health Congressional Awards (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Distinguished Community Health Leadership Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (Aug. 2016)

• Legislative Award (National Rural Health Association) (2013)

• Champion of Science Award (Science Coalition) (Sept. 2008)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: riding bikes
  

Publications

• Positively American: Winning Back the Middle-Class Majority One Family at a Time (2007)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• 
  Email, press:
  press@schumer.senate.gov

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-3202
Phone:	202-224-6542
Fax:	202-228-3027

Note: TDD, 202-224-0420

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Leadership Office:

Address:	322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Phone:	202-224-2158
Fax:	202-224-7362

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Privately Financed Travel

4 trips taken between 2001 - 2005 costing $24,560

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 3/22/2006: Metal "cooking vessel'' replica from China ($250.00)
• 3/23/2006: Book of commemorative coins from China ($300.00)
• 1/2/2012: Samsung digital camera from United Arab Emirates ($140.00)
• 12/17/2012: iPad mini from United Arab Emirates ($325.00)
• 3/13/2013: Book "Istanbul - City of Memories and Hopes" from Turkey ($168.00)
• 1/6/2015: Chest of assorted premium dates from United Arab Emirates ($250.00)
• 1/20/2016: Tai-Hwa luster red ceramic vase from Taiwan ($185.00)

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Congressional Staff

Committees

• Senate Rules and Administration Committee
• Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Ex Officio

Caucuses

• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Farmer's Cooperative Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional Friends of the Irish National Caucus
• Congressional Hazards Caucus
• Congressional Internet Caucus
• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
• Congressional Ohio River Basin Caucus
• Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition
• Senate Afterschool Caucus
• Senate Air Force Caucus
• Senate Army Caucus
• Senate Bike Caucus
• Senate Community College Caucus
• Senate Community Pharmacy Caucus
• Senate Cultural Caucus
• Senate Democratic Conference Committee, Chair
• Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force
• Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee
• Senate Diabetes Caucus
• Senate Great Lakes Task Force
• Senate Impact Aid Coalition
• Senate India Caucus
• Senate Law Enforcement Caucus
• Senate National Guard Caucus
• Senate Oceans Caucus
• Senate Philanthropy Caucus, Chair
• Senate Recycling Caucus
• Senate Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• Senate Rural Health Care Caucus
• Senate Small Brewers Caucus
• Senate Taiwan Caucus
• Voices for National Service

Caught Our Eye

• For a handful of members, Hill jobs continue after their terms

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 2, 2022
  Many members have spent time working as staffers before their election to Congress. But a handful of members just can't stay away from Congress, taking jobs as staffers after their terms have come to an end. read more

• GOP staff begin publicly expressing doubt and alarm

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Jan. 7, 2021
  Since yesterday's Capitol insurrection, Republican staff have been relatively quiet compared to their Democratic peers but for the first time in Donald Trump's presidency, GOP staff are publicly sharing doubts and even outright alarm at the president. read more

• Public-policy firm adds ex-Schumer aide

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 17, 2020
  The Raben Group has added a Hispanic media whiz with ties to Democratic leadership. read more

• Rep. Morelle taps Albany for talent

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Nov. 26, 2018
  Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), one of three new members of Congress sworn in since Election Day, is building up his staff roster with a trio of hires from office at the New York Assembly, where Morelle spent the last five years as majority leader. read more

• Aurora theater shooting victim staffs gun-bill sponsor Schumer

  Posted by LegiStorm on May 31, 2016
  As Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) pushes new legislation on universal background checks, he has a fierce advocate in his office who happened to be a victim of the Aurora theater shooting. read more

• GOP hires flurry of former lobbyists to Hill offices this year

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Aug. 3, 2015
  Republican members of Congress are picking up more former lobbyists this year than in any year since 2011 after their last mid-term election success. read more

• LegiStorm tracks 169 staffers through the revolving door so far in 2015

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 27, 2015
  More Republican staffers than Democratic staffers have made the jump from the Hill to K Street so far in 2015. read more

• Congress salutes Lincoln on 150th anniversary of his death

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 15, 2015
  As the nation remembered an assassinated president this week, lawmakers joined in honoring Abraham Lincoln on Twitter with photos, favorite quotes and even sketches of a leader who helped save the union. read more

• Capitol Hill loses another staffer to Uber

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 30, 2014
  As Uber Technologies Inc. surges into cities across the globe - sometimes igniting protests from taxi drivers - the app-based ridesharing service continues to poach from Capitol Hill and other high-powered political positions. read more

• Lobbyists fill payrolls of all but 45 congressional offices

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on Oct. 24, 2014
  Only 45 congressional offices, 15 Democratic and 30 Republican, have never had a former lobbyist on staff, a LegiStorm analysis shows. read more

• Senate Democratic policy staffer leaves for progressive think tank

  Posted by John Sugden on June 27, 2014
  A longtime Capitol Hill policy professional has joined the Center for American Progress. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on May 2, 2012
  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) brought a former tax counsel to Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) back through the revolving door after a brief stint lobbying. read more

• Storm Tips: Senators rake in royalties

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 12, 2009
  Senators may have reputations to some as being inexhaustible windbags but they sure like to write too. read more