Mike Enzi
Mike Enzi | |
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| United States Senator from Wyoming | |
| Assumed office January 7, 1997 Serving with John Barrasso | |
| Preceded by | Alan K. Simpson |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent (2009) |
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| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Diana Enzi |
| Alma mater | George Washington University |
Michael Bradley "Mike" Enzi (born February 1 1944) is a United States Senator from Wyoming. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate in 1996, Enzi had been a businessman, who at one time owned family shoe stores, he had later become a politician on the state level, serving in the state legislature for over 10 years. He was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 2002.
Born in Bremerton, Washington to Dorothy M. Bradley and Elmer Jacob Enzi,[1] Enzi attended public schools in Thermopolis and Sheridan, Wyoming. He graduated from Sheridan High School in 1962. He is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.[2][3]
He received a degree in accounting from George Washington University in 1966 and an M.B.A. in retail marketing from the University of Denver in 1968. He served in the Wyoming Air National Guard from 1967 to 1973.[4] He served as mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, from 1975 to 1982. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1987 to 1991 and in the Wyoming Senate from 1991 to 1996, when he was first elected to the U.S. Senate.
Enzi married Diana Buckley on June 7, 1969; the couple have two daughters, Amy and Emily, and a son, Brad.
He became Senior Senator when fellow Wyoming Senator Craig L. Thomas died on June 4, 2007.
Enzi has been trying since the fall of 1997 to get laptop use authorized on the floor of the Senate. Sen. Michael Enzi has introduced a bill that would usher in mandatory sales tax collection for internet purchases broadband connections and even e-mail by this fall. [5]
Political Views
Enzi was ranked by National Journal as the sixth-most conservative United States Senator in their March, 2007 conservative/liberal rankings[1] He was one of fourteen Senators to vote against the Iraq Funding bill in May 2007.
Footnotes
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/enzi.htm
- ^ Townley, Alvin. Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. pp. 239. ISBN 0-312-36653-1. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
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- ^ "Distinguished Eagle Scout Seeks to Modernize US Senate". Eagletter. Vol:32 (No:2): pp: 11. Fall 2006.
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External links
- United States Senator Michael B. Enzi official Senate site
- United States Congress. "Mike Enzi (id: e000285)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Federal Election Commission — Michael B Enzi campaign finance reports and data
- On the Issues — Michael Enzi issue positions and quotes
- OpenSecrets.org — Mike Enzi campaign contributions
- Project Vote Smart — Senator Michael Enzi (WY) profile
- SourceWatch Congresspedia — Mike Enzi profile
- Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Michael Enzi voting record
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- United States Senators from Wyoming
- Wyoming State Senators
- Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- American Presbyterians
- Distinguished Eagle Scouts
- University of Denver alumni
- People from Bremerton, Washington
- People from Wyoming
- George Washington University alumni
- Italian-American politicians
- Wyoming Republicans
- Mayors of places in Wyoming