Sherwood Boehlert

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Sherwood Boehlert

United States Representative from New York's 24th district
In office 1983 - (term ends 2007)
Preceded by	Jim Sensenbrenner
Succeeded by	Incumbent₁

Born	September 28, 1936 Utica, New York
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Marianne Willey
Religion	Roman Catholic
₁Mike Arcuri will replace the retiring Boehlert in the House on January 3, 2007.

Sherwood Boehlert (born September 28, 1936) is a politician from New York, currently representing New York's upstate 24th Congressional District (map) in the United States House of Representatives. Boehlert, a Republican, is considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing.

[edit] Biography

Boehlert was born in Utica, New York, and graduated from Utica College. He served two years in the United States Army (1956-1958) and then worked as a manager of public relations for Wyandotte Chemical Company.

After leaving Wyandotte, Boehlert served as Chief of Staff for two upstate Congressmen, Alexander Pirnie and Donald Mitchell; following this, he was elected the county executive of Oneida County, New York, serving from 1979 to 1983. After his four-year term as county executive, he ran successfully for Congress in the elections of 1982. He has been reelected to every Congress since then. In 2003, Utica Union Station was renamed in the Congressman's honor.

On March 17, 2006, at a press conference in Utica, New York, Boehlert announced that he would not seek a thirteenth term in office.

Boehlert is a Roman Catholic.

[edit] Congressional career

Boehlert has served on the Science Committee since his arrival in the House; in 2001, he was made the Chairman of the committee. In addition, he is third-ranking member of the Transportation Committee; from 1995 to 2000, he served as the Chairman of its Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. He is also a member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Boehlert is a member of many moderate/liberal Republican groups such as Republican Main Street Partnership, Republicans For Choice, The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans For Environmental Protection and Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too.

Boehlert is very popular among moderate Republicans and Democrats. Boehlert received an "F" on the liberal Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues. He has a pro-environmentalist voting record and has maintained a score of at least 60% on the congressional scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters at least since 1999, earning a score of 78% in 2005.

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Preceded by Hamilton Fish IV	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th congressional district 1983–1993	Succeeded by James T. Walsh
Preceded by Michael R. McNulty	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd congressional district 1993–2003	Succeeded by John M. McHugh
Preceded by John M. McHugh	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th congressional district 2003–2007	Succeeded by Michael Arcuri
Preceded by Jim Sensenbrenner	Chairman of the House Committee on Science 2001 – 2007	Succeeded by Bart Gordon