Barbara Mikulski
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About
Democratic senator from Maryland who took office in 1987 after ten years in the House of Representatives. She is the longest serving woman in Congressional history and she became the Chairman of the important Senate Committee on Appropriations in 2012.
Before Fame
She worked as a social worker Baltimore's Department of Social Services.
Trivia
At 4'11 she is the shortest person to ever serve in Congress.
Family Life
She has two sisters and has never been married.
Associated With
She supported Hilary Rodham Clinton during her candidacy for president.
