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RUSH, Bobby L.

RUSH, Bobby L.
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
RUSH, Bobby L.
1946–

Office

Representative

State/Territory

Illinois

Party

Democrat

Congress(es)

103rd (1993–1995), 104th (1995–1997), 105th (1997–1999), 106th (1999–2001), 107th (2001–2003), 108th (2003–2005), 109th (2005–2007), 110th (2007–2009), 111th (2009–2011), 112th (2011–2013), 113th (2013–2015), 114th (2015–2017), 115th (2017–2019), 116th (2019–2021), 117th (2021–2023)

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Biography

RUSH, Bobby L., A Representative from Illinois; born in Albany, Dougherty County, Ga., November 23, 1946; attended Marshall High School, Marshall, Ill.; B.A., Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill., 1974; M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago, Ill., 1994; M.A., McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill., 1998; United States Army, 1963-1968; insurance agent; alderman, Chicago, Ill., city council, 1983-1993; deputy chairman, Illinois Democratic Party, 1990; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1999; minister; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2023); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

The HistoryMakers

Chicago, IL
Oral History: 2000, amount unknown. An oral history interview of Bobby Rush conducted on August 23, 2000.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

"Bobby L. Rush" in Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 2008.

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Committee Assignments

  • House Committee - Agriculture
  • House Committee - Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs
  • House Committee - Commerce
  • House Committee - Energy and Commerce
    • Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection - Chair
    • Energy - Chair
  • House Committee - Government Operations
  • House Committee - Science, Space, and Technology
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Related Links

Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov