Michele Bachmann

A Representative from Minnesota; born in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, April 6, 1956; graduated from Anoka High School, Anoka, Minn., 1974; B.A., Winona State University, Winona, Minn., 1978; J.D., Coburn School of Law, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Okla., 1986; L.L.M., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1988; lawyer, private practice; attorney, United States Department of the Treasury; member, Minnesota state senate, 2001-2006; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Tenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present).