General Chair of the Democratic National Committee
In office September 25, 1999 – February 3, 2001 Served with Joe Andrew (National Chair)
Preceded by
Roy Romer
Succeeded by
Terry McAuliffe (Chair)
96th Mayor of Philadelphia
In office January 6, 1992 – January 3, 2000
Preceded by
Wilson Goode
Succeeded by
John Street
21st District Attorney of Philadelphia
In office January 2, 1978 – January 6, 1986
Preceded by
Emmett Fitzpatrick
Succeeded by
Ronald Castille
Personal details
Born
Edward Gene Rendell
(1944-01-05) January 5, 1944 (age 80) New York City, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Marjorie Osterlund
(m. 1971; div. 2016)
Children
1
Education
University of Pennsylvania (BA) Villanova University (JD)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1968–1974
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Unit
United States Army Reserve
Edward Gene Rendell (/rɛnˈdɛl/; born January 5, 1944) is an American lawyer, prosecutor, politician, and author who served as the 45th governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011. He served as chair of the national Democratic Party from 1999 to 2001, as the 96th mayor of Philadelphia from 1992 to 2000, and as district attorney of Philadelphia from 1978 to 1986.
Born in New York City to a Jewish family from Russia, Rendell moved to Philadelphia for college, completing his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. He was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia for two terms from 1978 to 1986. He developed a reputation for being tough on crime,[1] fueling a run for governor of Pennsylvania in 1986, which Rendell lost in the primary.
Elected mayor of Philadelphia in 1991, he inherited a $250 million deficit and the lowest credit rating of any major city in the country. As mayor, he balanced Philadelphia's budget and generated a budget surplus while cutting business and wage taxes and dramatically improving services to Philadelphia neighborhoods. The New York Times stated that Philadelphia under Rendell "has made one of the most stunning turnarounds in recent urban history."[2] Nicknamed "America's Mayor" by Al Gore,[3] Rendell served as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the 2000 presidential election.
In 2002, Rendell was elected governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Democratic Governors Association Executive Committee and served as the Chairman of the National Governors Association. He was reelected in a landslide in 2006. He left office in 2011 due to term limits, and released a book, A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great, the following year. A Philadelphia Eagles fan, Rendell is also a football analyst on NBC Sports Philadelphia's Eagles Postgame Live, hosted by Michael Barkann.
^Rendell, Ed (June 5, 2012). A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118279052 – via Google Books.
^"Philadelphia Climbs Out of Fiscal Depths and Builds by Sharing Sacrifices". The New York Times. 6 April 1993.
^Yagoda, Ben (1994-05-22). "MAYOR ON A ROLL - Ed Rendell". The New York Times. Philadelphia, U.S. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
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