Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico's 1st district
In office January 3, 1989 – March 25, 1998
Preceded by
Manuel Lujan, Jr.
Succeeded by
Heather Wilson
Personal details
Born
Steven Harvey Schiff
March 18, 1947 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
March 25, 1998(1998-03-25) (aged 51) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Alma mater
University of Illinois University of New Mexico School of Law
Occupation
Lawyer
Steven Harvey Schiff (March 18, 1947 – March 25, 1998) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the first district of New Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a Republican.
Schiff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A. at the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Schiff joined the New Mexico Air National Guard in 1969, and he was a reservist until his death. He remained in New Mexico and was a lawyer until his election to Congress in 1989. From 1972 until 1981, Schiff was an assistant city attorney from Albuquerque. He was the Bernalillo County, New Mexico district attorney from 1981 until his entering Congress.
Schiff had an interest in UFOs and as a congressman pressured various government officials for information about them.[1][2][3]
Schiff died of squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin[4] during his fifth term in Congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Republican Heather Wilson won a special election to succeed him.
^William Claiborne (September 16, 1993). "GAO Turns to Alien Turf in Probe; Bodies of Space Voyagers Said to Have Disappeared in 1947". Tavistock Times Gazette. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2013. Alt URL
^"Strange, Silent Craft Sighted Flying Across the Night Sky". Tavistock Times Gazette. September 16, 1993.
^Park, Robert L. (2001). Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. Oxford University Press. p. 172. ISBN 978-0195147100. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
^[1] Archived May 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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