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Anna G. Eshoo

I was 17 years old when I got my first real taste of politics. Even before then, I had helped my father walk precincts. And my family had discussed the issues of the day around the dinner table.

But for the first time, I was in charge -- organizing students on behalf of John Kennedy during his 1960 presidential campaign. I had a sense of purpose; I was responsible for calling, persuading, organizing. And when it was over, I was certain that my work had made a difference. The election was very close. President Kennedy won by an average of just one vote per precinct throughout the nation.

I have come a long way since the 1960 Kennedy campaign. I've worked, raised a family, gone to school, served 10 years on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors and four years in the United States Congress. I have seen first hand both the good and the bad in our system of government. I'm still an idealist.
Representative Anna Eshoo's public career began in 1980 when she became the first woman Chair of the San Mateo County Democratic Party. She also started twelve years of service on the Democratic National Committee that year. In 1981, she became District Office Chief of Staff for California Assembly Speaker Leo McCarthy. A year later, Representative Eshoo was elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, becoming President of the Board in 1986.

Besides her elected offices, Representative Eshoo has served as Chair of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and a member of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission. She is also a co-founder of the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame.

Among her many honors, Representative Eshoo has received the 1989 Legislator of the Year Award from the California's Governor's Committee on the Employing of the Disabled, the 1991 Margaret Sanger Community Service Award from San Mateo County Planned Parenthood, and the 1990 Friend of BAYMEC Award. In addition, she has been named the 1989 Public Official of the Year by the State Commission on the Aging and Easter Seal's 1987 Humanitarian of the Year. She was also the first woman to join her local chapter of Kiwanis International.

Representative Eshoo was born in December 1942 in New Britain, Connecticut, and graduated from Canada College in 1975. She has two children, Karen and Paul. She lives in Atherton, California.

Assyrian Related Congressional Accomplishments

Salute to the 62st National Convention of the Assyrian American National Federation

Biographical Data and Political Experience

Biographical Data

Educational Experience:

AA, Canada College, 1975.

Professional Experience (Includes Military Experience):

Legislative Aide.

Political Experience:

First Elected to the House: November 3, 1992
Re-Elected to the House: November 8, 1994
Last Elected to the House: November 8, 1996

Congressional Committees:

• Commerce

Congressional Memberships: