bernie sanders - Search

Bernie SandersAmerican politician
Top stories Voting record Career Legislation Speeches Books Campaigns Quotes
All images
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders
Bernie Sanders - Wikipedia
Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the senior United States senator from Vermont. Sanders is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional … See more
BornBernard Sanders · September 8, 1941 · New York City, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (1978–present)
SpousesDeborah Shiling · (m. 1964; div. 1966) · Jane O'Meara (m. 1988)
Children1
Early life
Bernard Sanders was born on September 8, 1941, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. His father, Elias Ben Yehuda Sanders (1904–1962), was born in Słopnice, a town in Austrian Galicia that was then part of the Austro-Hun… See more
Early career
Sanders later described his time in Chicago as "the major period of intellectual ferment in my life." While there, he joined the Young People's Socialist League (the youth affiliate of the Socialist Party of America) and was active in the … See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license
Feedback
Thanks!Tell us more
Table of Contents
Quick Facts
Early life
Early career