- Steven Schiff
Infobox_Congressman
name = Steven Schiff
birth_date=March 18 ,1947
birth_place= Chicago, Illinois
death_date = death date and age|1998|3|25|1947|3|18
death_place =Albuquerque, New Mexico
state =New Mexico
district = 1st
term_start=January 3 ,1989
term_end=March 25 ,1998
preceded = Manuel Lujan, Jr.
succeeded =Heather Wilson
party = Republican
religion =Judaism
spouse =Steven Harvey Schiff (
March 18 ,1947 –March 25 ,1998 ) was an American politician. He served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives , representing the first district ofNew Mexico from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a Republican.Schiff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a B.A. at the University of Illinois and a
Juris Doctor from theUniversity of New Mexico School of Law . Schiff joined the National Guard in 1969, and he was a reservist until his death. He remained in New Mexico and was a lawyer until his election to Congress in 1989. From 1972 until 1981, Schiff was an assistant city attorney from Albuquerque. He was theBernalillo County, New Mexico district attorney from 1981 until his entering Congress.Schiff died of
Melanoma during his fifth term in Congress inAlbuquerque, New Mexico . RepublicanHeather Wilson won a special election to succeed him.References
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/743/000060563/ Steven Schiff] at
NNDB
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6812322 Steven Schiff] atFind A Grave
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