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Senator Edward E. 'Ted' Kaufman (DE)


Current Office: U.S. Senate
Seniority: Junior Seat
First Appointed: 11/18/2009
Party: Democratic



Background Information
Gender:
Family: Wife: Lynne
3 Children: Kelly, Murry, Meg.
Birth Date: 03/15/1939
Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA
Home City: Greenville, DE
Religion:

Education:
MBA, University of Pennsylvania, 1966
BSE, Duke University, 1960.

Professional Experience:
Staff Assistant/Chief of Staff, United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 1973-1994
College Professor
President, Public Strategies.

Political Experience:
Senator, United States Senate, 2009-present
Appointed, United States Senate, January 2009
Member, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 1995-2009
Advisory Board, Obama-Biden Transition Project, 2008
Co-Chair, Vice Presidential Transition Team, 2008.


Organizations:
Co-Chair, Duke Law School Center for the Study of the Congress, 1995-1999.


Committees:
Foreign Relations, Member
Judiciary, Member
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, Member
Subcommittee on African Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, Member
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, Member
Subcommittee on European Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, Member
Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues, Member
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, Member




Photo for Senator Edward E. 'Ted' Kaufman (DE)



Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail:
http://kaufman.senate.gov/serv ...
Washington, D.C. Website:
http://kaufman.senate.gov/

Washington, D.C. Address
G11 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-5042
District Address
1105 North Market Street
Suite 2000
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-573-6345
Fax: 302-573-6351
District Address
24 Northwest Front Street
Windsor Building Suite 101

Milford, DE 19963
Phone: 302-424-8090
Fax: 302-424-8098





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