BEYER, Donald Sternoff Jr. (1950-)
Democrat of Virginia 
8th congressional district
Serving in House 2015-Present
Biography
A Representative from Virginia; born in Trieste, Italy, June 20, 1950; graduated from Gonzaga College High School, Washington, D.C., 1968; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1972; automobile dealer; lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1990-1998; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Virginia in 1997; United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 2009-2013; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present); chair, Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress).Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
