SCHIFF, Adam (1960-)
Democrat of California 
30th congressional district
Serving in Senate 2023-Present
Serving in House 2001-Present
Biography
Representative and a Senator from California; born in Framingham, Middlesex County, Mass., June 22, 1960; graduated from Monte Vista High School, Danville, Calif., 1978; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1982; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1985; lawyer, private practice; prosecutor, Office of the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, 1987-1993; unsuccessful candidate for election to the California state assembly in 1994; member of the California state senate, 1996-2001; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventh and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, until his resignation on December 8, 2024 (January 3, 2001-December 8, 2024); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2009 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2010 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; lead manager appointed by the House of Representatives in 2020 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States; chair, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses); censured by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 21, 2023, for "misleading the American public and for conduct unbecoming of an elected Member of the House of Representatives"; was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in the November 5, 2024, special election to the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 2025, a seat previously held by appointed senator Laphonza Butler, and at the same time elected in the general election for the six-year term ending January 3, 2031; subsequently appointed by the governor on December 8, 2024, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of appointed senator Laphonza Butler for the term ending January 3, 2025; took the oath of office on Dec 9, 2024.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
