Maurice Hinchey

Maurice Dunlea Hinchey ( born October 27, 1938 in New York City ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. From 1993 to 2013 he was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States for the state of New York.

Biography

Hinchey was born in New York City. He grew up in Saugerties and completed his education at the Saugerties High School. Subsequently, he served from 1956 to 1959 in the U.S. Navy. Following this, in 1968 he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and his master's degree, both at the State University of New York at New Paltz. From 1974 until his election to the U.S. Congress, he represented the 101st District of the State in the New York State Assembly, after he had in 1972, he unsuccessfully candidate.

From 1993 to Hinchey represented his state in the U.S. House of Representatives, first in the 26th and from 2003 in the 22nd Congressional District of the State of New York. David O'Brien Martin was his predecessor. Hinchey has its head office, most recently in 2010, always defend. In 2012 he gave up for reelection and retired on January 3, 2013, the Congress of. He was a member of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Natural Resources and the Joint Economic Committee. Hinchey was politically progressive, which was committed to protecting the environment.

Hinchey is the Roman Catholic faith. With his wife, Allison Lee Hinchey he has a daughter.