Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 8th district
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by
John Blatnik
Succeeded by
Chip Cravaack
Chair of the House Transportation Committee
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by
Don Young
Succeeded by
John Mica
Ranking Member of the House Transportation Committee
In office October 10, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by
Norman Mineta
Succeeded by
John Mica
Personal details
Born
James Louis Oberstar
(1934-09-10)September 10, 1934 Chisholm, Minnesota, U.S.
Died
May 3, 2014(2014-05-03) (aged 79) Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Jo Garlick (Deceased) Jean Kurth
Children
4
Education
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota (BA) College of Europe (MA)
Jim Oberstar's voice
Oberstar, as chair of the House Transportation Committee, speaks in support of the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2008 Recorded March 26, 2007
James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011.[1] A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he represented northeastern Minnesota's 8th congressional district, which included the cities of Duluth, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, International Falls, and Hibbing. He was chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2007 to 2011, and ranking minority member before that. In November 2010, he was defeated by a margin of 4,407 votes by Republican Chip Cravaack. He is the longest-serving United States House of Representatives member from Minnesota.
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James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to...
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Transportation Committee In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 Preceded by JimOberstar Succeeded by Bill Shuster Ranking Member of the House Transportation...
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and the district had a PVI of D+4. JimOberstar, incumbent U.S. Representative Rod Grams, former U.S. Senator Oberstar sought a 17th term and faced former...
Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw Jr.) Investigations and Oversight (Chair: JimOberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.) Public Buildings and Grounds...
Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) Economic Development (Chair: JimOberstar; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn) Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Elliott...
than 70% of the vote, and defeated Democrat Steve Lindbeck and Libertarian Jim McDermott in the general election with 50% of the vote to win his 23rd term...
Infrastructure (Chair: Bud Shuster, Vice Chair: Tom Petri, Ranking Member: JimOberstar) Aviation (Chair: John J. Duncan Jr., Vice Chair: John E. Sweeney) Coast...
(Sherwood Boehlert, Michael Castle, Phil English, Nancy Johnson, Jay Kim, Jim Leach, John McHugh and Ralph Regula), but not Souder, voted against the obstruction...
majority after Dick Cheney became Vice President on January 20, 2001. Senator Jim Jeffords (R-VT) became an independent who caucused with the Democrats on...
Lofgren, Chair; Jo Bonner, Ranking) Transportation and Infrastructure (James Oberstar, Chair; John Mica, Ranking) Aviation (Jerry Costello, Chair; Thomas Petri...
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held hearings in April 2008. JimOberstar, former chairman of the committee, said its investigation uncovered a...
delegation—Tim Walz, Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison, Collin Peterson and JimOberstar—issued a joint statement questioning Bachmann's ability to "work in a...
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