Steven James Howard

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Steven James Howard (1971- ) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He has represented the city of Rutland (Rutland-5-3 Vermont Representative District, 2002-2012) in the Vermont House of Representatives as a Democrat since 2005.

[edit] Biography

Howard was born in Rutland, Vermont on August 3, 1971. He was educated at Mt. St. Joseph Academy, a Catholic high school in Rutland, and at Boston College, B.A., 1993.

[edit] Public Life

From 1993 to 2000, Howard represented the town of Rutland (Rutland-4 Vermont Representative District, 2002-2012) in the Vermont House of Representatives, and from 1995 to 1997 served as chair of the Vermont Democratic Party and the youngest state political party chair in the nation. During his tenure as Party chair while also serving in the Vermont State Legislature, Howard announced publicly that he was gay. ^[1] He was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives representing the city of Rutland (Rutland-5-3 Vermont Representative District) in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006.