Eliot Engel

US Representative for New York's 16th district. Born in New York, NY, February 18, 1947; attended Bronx public schools; B.A., Hunter-Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, N.Y., 1969; M.A., Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, N.Y., 1973; J.D., New York Law School, New York, N.Y., 1987; teacher; member of the New York state assembly, 1977-1988; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3,1989-present).