Louise McIntosh Slaughter
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| Louise Slaughter | |
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| In office 1987 - present |
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| Preceded by | Matthew F. McHugh |
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| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | August 14, 1929 Lynch, Kentucky |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Robert Slaughter |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Louise McIntosh Slaughter (born August 14, 1929) is an American Democratic Party politician, currently representing New York's 28th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. The 28th district is based in Rochester and Buffalo and includes parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties.
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[edit] Personal Background
Slaughter was born Louise McIntosh to Oscar Lewis (Mack), a coal miner, and Daisy Grace McIntosh on August 14, 1929, in Lynch, Kentucky, a coal-mining town built by a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. Louise had two brothers, Phillip and David as well as two sisters, Marjorie and Virginia. Her sister Virginia died of pneumonia while she was a child; Louise would later cite this as her reason for earning degrees in microbiology and public health.
The family moved to Monticello, where Louise attended high school. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where she studied microbiology. After graduating with a bachelor's degree , she went on to earn a master's degree in public health, also from the University of Kentucky.
After graduate school, she went to work for a major chemicals manufacturer doing market research. While traveling for work, she met Bob Slaughter, in San Antonio, Texas, and later married him. After marrying, the couple moved to Fairport, New York, a suburb of Rochester, where Bob had been offered a job. They have three daughters.
[edit] Early Political Career
Already involved in community groups like the Girl Scouts and the League of Women Voters, Slaughter became increasingly concerned with local political and community issues. Slaughter decided to run for the Monroe County Legislature, finally winning on her third try. One and a half terms into her service on the County Legislature, she accepted an offer from then-New York Secretary of State Mario Cuomo to serve as his regional coordinator in the Rochester area. When Cuomo was elected lieutenant governor, Slaughter stayed on as his Rochester regional coordinator.
In 1982 local Democrats approached Louise with a desire to see her run for the State Assembly against the Republican incumbent, whom she eventually defeated by a narrow margin. She was reelected by 10 points in 1984. Criminal justice, women’s health and environmental legislation dominated her work in the State Legislature.
[edit] Congressional career
After four years in the state assembly, Slaughter decided to run for the Democratic nomination in New York's 30th congressional district. At the time, the district included downtown and eastern Rochester. Moderate Republican Barber Conable had represented the district for 20 years before giving way in 1985 to a more conservative Republican, Fred J. Eckert. Slaughter managed a one-point victory in the 1986 midterm election. Slaughter was the first Democrat to represent the 30th District since 1910, as well as the first Democrat ever elected to a full term from the 30th since its creation in 1893 (it had been renumbered several times in the previous century) and the first woman elected to Congress from Western New York.
Redistricting after the 1990 census made her district (which was renumbered the 28th) much more Democratic as it now included all of Rochester. After the 2000 census, much of her district was merged with the Buffalo-based 29th District of fellow Democrat John LaFalce. The district contained more of LaFalce's former territory. However, LaFalce did not seek a 15th term, and Slaughter was reelcted in 2002. She won a 10th term in 2004 with a record 72 percent of the vote.
Slaughter serves on the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee. She is the Democratic Chair of the Congressional Arts Caucus and the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus. Louise also serves as Co-Chair of the Future of American Media Caucus and is former Co-Chair of the Congressional Women’s Caucus. After Martin Frost, the ranking member on the House Rules Committee, was defeated for reelection, Slaughter was appointed to this position. She is the first female member of Congress to serve in this post.
Despite representing a historically Republican area, Slaughter describes herself as one of the most liberal members of the House, and one of the most liberal members of the New York congressional delegation from upstate New York. She is one of several Democratic congressmen and senators who post at the Daily Kos, a Democratic-oriented blog.
In early 2005, she authored the Fairness and Accountability in Broadcasting Act, or FAB Act, which would reinstate the Fairness Doctrine in an attempt to restore balance to the media. Drawing on her experience as a microbiologist with a master’s degree in public health, Slaughter has authored legislation to protect Americans from discrimination by health insurance providers and employers based on genetic makeup. Slaughter co-authored the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 and wrote legislation to make permanent the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women Office.
Slaughter has won increases in funding for women’s health. As a member of the House Budget Committee in the early 1990s, she secured the first $500 million earmarked by Congress for breast cancer research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She fought for legislation guaranteeing that women and minorities are included in all federal health trials and establishing an Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) at NIH.
Slaughter’s efforts to secure funding for local projects was recognized by the Rochester Institute of Technology, when it named its Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies facility "The Louise M. Slaughter Building."
In the 110th Congress (2007-2009) Ms. Slaughter is scheduled to assume the chairmanship of the powerful House Rules Committee.
[edit] Election results
[edit] Congressional
| Year | Democratic | Result | Republican | Result | Other | Result |
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| 2004 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 159,655 (72.61%) | Michael D. Laba | 54,543 (24.80%) | Other | 5,678 (2.58%) |
| 2002 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 99,057 (62.45%) | Henry F. Wojtaszek | 59,547 (37.54%) | ||
| 2000 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 151,688 (65.70%) | Mark C. Johns | 83,445 (36.14%) | Other | 3,820 (1.65%) |
| 1998 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 118,856 (64.78%) | Richard A. Kaplan | 56,443 (30.76%) | Other | 8,159 (4.47%) |
| 1996 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 133,084 (57.25%) | Geoff H. Rosenberger | 99,366 (42.74%) | ||
| 1994 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 110,987 (56.63%) | Renee Forgensi Davison | 78,516 (40.06%) | Other | 6,464 (3.29%) |
| 1992 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 140,908 (56.34%) | William P. Polito | 112,273 (44.89%) | Other | 7,897 (.75%) |
| 1990 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 97,280 (59.02%) | John M. Regan, Jr. | 67,534 (40.97%) | ||
| 1988 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 128,364 (56.87%) | John D. Bouchard | 89,126 (39.48%) | Other | 8,222 (3.64%) |
| 1986 | Louise M. Slaughter | 86,777 (50.99%) | Fred J. Eckert (i) | 83,402 (49.00%) |
Key: (i) = Incumbent
Source: New York State Board of Elections
[edit] State Assembly
| Year | Democratic | Result | Republican | Result | Other | Result |
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| 1984 | Louise M. Slaughter (i) | 30,556 (54.79%) | Donald S. Milcon | 24,703 (44.29%) | Other | 506 (.90%) |
| 1982 | Louise M. Slaughter | 23,236 (52.18%) | Thomas A. Hanna (i) | 21,289 (47.81%) |
Key: (i) = Incumbent
Source: New York State Board of Elections
[edit] Monroe County Legislature
| Year | Democratic | Result | Republican | Result | Other | Result |
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| 1975 | Louise M. Slaughter | 4,698 (51.45%) | Walter G.A. Muench (i) | 4,433 (48.54%) | ||
| 1973 | Louise M. Slaughter | 4,082 (49.31%) | Walter G.A. Muench (i) | 4,195 (50.68%) | ||
| 1971 | Louise M. Slaughter | 3,507 (43.34%) | Walter G.A. Muench (i) | 3,998 (49.41%) | Other | 585 (7.23%) |
Key: (i) = Incumbent
Source: Monroe County Board of Elections
[edit] External links
- www.votelouise.com Campaign Website
- www.louise.house.gov Congressional Website
- Voting Record
- Financial Contributions
- LouiseSlaughter.com Critical
- Voting record maintained by the Washington Post
| Preceded by: Fred J. Eckert |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 30th congressional district 1987–1993 |
Succeeded by: Jack Quinn |
| Preceded by: Matthew F. McHugh |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 28th congressional district 1993 – present |
Incumbent |
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