Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st district
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999
Preceded by
Les AuCoin
Succeeded by
David Wu
Personal details
Born
(1936-10-13)October 13, 1936 Nairobi, Kenya Colony (present-day Nairobi, Kenya)
Died
April 18, 2021(2021-04-18) (aged 84) Washington County, Oregon, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Elizabeth Furse (October 13, 1936 – April 18, 2021) was a Kenya Colony-born American small business owner and former faculty member of Portland State University. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. She was a Democrat, and was the first naturalized U.S. citizen born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress.[1]
^Institute for Tribal Government Biography from the Portland State University website Archived December 12, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
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sentence. This prompted one member of the U.S. House of Representative, ElizabethFurse, to accuse Turkey of being a racist state and continuing to deny the...
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endorsements from former Governor Barbara Roberts, former Congresswoman ElizabethFurse, and incumbent Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, among others. On...
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(D), until January 7, 1994 ▌Frank Lucas (R), from May 10, 1994 ▌1. ElizabethFurse (D) ▌2. Robert Freeman Smith (R) ▌3. Ron Wyden (D) ▌4. Peter DeFazio...
Secretary: Gary Lee Sisco Librarian: Greg Harness Secretary for the Majority: Elizabeth B. Greene Secretary for the Minority: Martin P. Paone Sergeant at Arms:...
Allen Eva Clayton John Conyers Jerry Costello Pat Danner Diana DeGette ElizabethFurse Barbara B. Kennelly Bill Lipinski Karen McCarthy George Miller John...
Senator 1959 Oklahoma 5 Ernest Istook (R) No Lawyer 1950 Oregon 1 ElizabethFurse (D) No Businesswoman 1936 Pennsylvania 4 Ron Klink (D) No Journalist...
October 1, 1996 Librarian: Roger K. Haley Secretary for the Majority: Elizabeth B. Greene Secretary for the Minority: C. Abbott Saffold, until 1995 Martin...
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the first mother-son team ever to be simultaneously elected. In 1965, Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia became the first woman who directly preceded her...
Won by Sherrod Brown Ohio 19: Won by Eric Fingerhut Oregon 1: Won by ElizabethFurse Pennsylvania 6: Won by Ron Klink Pennsylvania 8: Won by Tim Holden...
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