American attorney, author and politician (born 1952)
Spencer Abraham
Official portrait, 2001
10th United States Secretary of Energy
In office January 20, 2001 – January 31, 2005
President
George W. Bush
Preceded by
Bill Richardson
Succeeded by
Samuel Bodman
United States Senator from Michigan
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by
Donald Riegle
Succeeded by
Debbie Stabenow
Chair of the Michigan Republican Party
In office 1983–1991
Preceded by
Melvin L. Larsen
Succeeded by
David J. Doyle
Personal details
Born
Edward Spencer Abraham
(1952-06-12) June 12, 1952 (age 71) East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Jane Abraham
Education
Michigan State University (BA) Harvard University (JD)
Awards
Lebanese National Order of the Cedar (Commander Class)
Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the 10th United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001. Abraham is one of the founders of the Federalist Society, and a co-founder of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. As of 2023, he remains the last Republican to serve as a U.S. senator from Michigan.
Edward SpencerAbraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the 10th United States Secretary of Energy from...
Don Riegle decided to retire and not run for re-election. Republican SpencerAbraham won the open seat, becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate...
Michigan was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator SpencerAbraham ran for re-election to a second term, but he was narrowly defeated...
Stabenow was first elected in 2000, defeating incumbent Republican SpencerAbraham. Stabenow was most recently re-elected in 2018 with 52.3% of the vote...
Secretary of Commerce. In December 2004, Bodman was nominated to replace SpencerAbraham as the Energy Secretary and was confirmed unanimously by the United...
Energy Secretary was Clinton's second energy secretary, Federico Peña. SpencerAbraham became the first Arab American to hold the position on January 20,...
product. In January 2013, it hired the Abraham & Roetzel lobbying firm, led by former Republican Sen. SpencerAbraham, to advocate on its behalf in Washington...
Incumbent Republican SpencerAbraham ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Debbie Stabenow. Abraham, who was first elected...
consumption in 1818 at the Little Pigeon Creek Community in Spencer County when Abraham was nine years old. Nancy's mother, by popular theory among historians...
Democrats since 2001. SpencerAbraham was the last Republican to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. First elected in 1994, Abraham lost re-election in...
vice-chair for the Michigan Republican Party, defeating future U.S. Senator SpencerAbraham. Posthumus later went on to be elected a state senator, Senate Majority...
Republican senators from the states of Delaware (William Roth), Michigan (SpencerAbraham) and Washington (Slade Gorton), all of whom lost re-election in 2000...
Republican U.S. Senator SpencerAbraham. She won the Democratic primary unopposed. In the general election, Stabenow defeated Abraham 49.5%–48% (a difference...
retired after three terms. Former Michigan Republican Party Chairman SpencerAbraham defeated Democratic Congressman Milton Robert Carr in the race to succeed...
South Dakota, dies at 89". The Washington Post. Hall, Loretta (1999). "SpencerAbraham". Arab American biography. Vol. I: A-J. Detroit: U.X.L. pp. 33–38....
Majority Minority Senate members Ben Campbell, Colorado, Co-Chair SpencerAbraham, Michigan Sam Brownback, Kansas Tim Hutchinson, Arkansas Kay Bailey...
and John Engler; U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow; former U.S. Senator SpencerAbraham; billionaires Eli Broad, Reinhold Schmieding, Drayton McLane, Jr.,...
December 30, 1976 – January 3, 1995 Preceded by Philip Hart Succeeded by SpencerAbraham Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 7th district...
Abraham Lincoln (/ˈlɪŋkən/ LING-kən; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman, who served as the 16th president...
Blanchard and John Engler, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, Tim Johnson, and SpencerAbraham, (who also served as Secretary of Energy),; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil...
Secretary of State Janet Reno Elliot Richardson William French Smith SpencerAbraham, Secretary of Energy, Senator from Michigan Elliott Abrams, Deputy...
Chair; John Breaux, Ranking Member) Manufacturing and Competitiveness (SpencerAbraham, Chair; Richard Bryan, Ranking Member) Oceans and Fisheries (Olympia...
shortly after the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, Spencer was able to gain an audience with President Abraham Lincoln, who invited him to a shooting match...
Energy (DOE) review. In August 2003, the U.S. Secretary of Energy, SpencerAbraham, ordered the DOE to organize a second review of the field. This was...