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Katherine Clark
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 Official portrait, 2023
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Assumed office
January 3, 2023
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| Leader
| Hakeem Jeffries
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| Preceded by
| Steve Scalise
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In office
January 3, 2021 ? January 3, 2023
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| Leader
| Nancy Pelosi
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| Preceded by
| Ben Ray Lujan
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| Succeeded by
| Jim Clyburn
(Assistant Democratic Leader)
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In office
January 3, 2019 ? January 3, 2021
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| Leader
| Nancy Pelosi
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| Preceded by
| Linda Sanchez
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| Succeeded by
| Pete Aguilar
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Assumed office
December 12, 2013
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| Preceded by
| Ed Markey
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In office
January 5, 2011 ? December 10, 2013
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| Preceded by
| Richard Tisei
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| Succeeded by
| Jason Lewis
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| Constituency
| Middlesex and Essex district (2011?2013)
5th Middlesex
district (2013)
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In office
March 13, 2008 ? January 5, 2011
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| Preceded by
| Mike Festa
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| Succeeded by
| Paul Brodeur
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In office
2001?2007
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| Born
| Katherine Marlea Clark
(
1963-07-17
)
July 17, 1963
(age 60)
New Haven
,
Connecticut
, U.S.
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| Political party
| Democratic
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| Spouse(s)
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| Children
| 3
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| Education
| St. Lawrence University
(
BA
)
Cornell University
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JD
)
Harvard University
(
MPA
)
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| Website
| House website
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Katherine Marlea Clark
(born July 17, 1963) is an American politician. She was the
United States representative
for
Massachusetts's 5th congressional district
since 2013. She is a member of the
Democratic Party
. She is also the
House Minority Whip
of the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023.
She was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from 2008 to 2011 and a member of the
Massachusetts Senate
from 2011 to 2013.
She was the
Vice Chair
of the
House Democratic Caucus
,
[1]
[2]
the sixth-ranking post in the Democratic House leadership behind the
Speaker
.
