Louise Slaughter

Louise McIntosh Slaughter ( born August 14, 1929 in Lynch, Harlan County, Kentucky) is an American politician of the Democratic Party.

Louise Slaughter is the daughter of " Mack ", a miner, and Grace McIntosh. Your birth name carries Slaughter today as a middle name. She studied microbiology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where she graduated in 1951 with a bachelor's degree. A Master 's degree in Health Sciences joined at the same university, which she successfully completed in 1953. Following her studies Slaughter worked in market research for a large chemical company. After marrying Bob Slaughter of moving to Fairport, a suburb of Rochester came in upstate New York, where she still lives.

Their political involvement began with her ​​commitment to environmental protection. After two failed attempts Slaughter was elected to the legislature of Monroe County in 1976. 1979, however, she laid before the end of its second term down its mandate to work as a regional coordinator for Rochester in the Lieutenant Governor of New York office, Mario Cuomo. From 1982 to Slaughter was four years a member of the New York State Assembly.

On January 3, 1987, she was elected to the House of Representatives of the 100th Congress, representing the 30th (now 28th ) Congressional District of New York. She was re-elected the following eleven times, the last time in November 2008. In her political career, the fact stands out that Slaughter the chairman of the House Committee on Rules was during the 110th Congress. Thus she was the first woman who was holding office. She is a member and sometimes vice chairman in various committees and interest groups of the Congress.

Slaughter supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy.

In her honor, a building of the Rochester Institute of Technology was named after her. Slaughter is married to Robert Slaughter and mother of three daughters.