Maurice Dunlea Hinchey

A Representative from New York; born in New York, N.Y., October 27, 1938; graduated from Saugerties High School, Saugerties, N.Y., 1956; B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, N.Y., 1968, M.A., State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, N.Y., 1970; United States Navy, 1956-1959; member of the New York state assembly, 1975-1993; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-present). Mr. Hinchey, a Democrat who retired from Congress in 2013 after 10 terms, began his political career as a state assemblyman in Albany in 1975. Within four years, he became the chairman of its Environmental Conservation Committee and served there until 1992, when he was elected to Congress. Mr. Hinchey is survived by his wife, Ilene Marder Hinchey; his children, Michelle, Joseph and Reese; his sister, Patricia, and his brothers, Michael and John; and four grandchildren.