Dave Obey

Dave Obey
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded byJerry Lewis
Succeeded byHal Rogers
In office
March 29, 1994 – January 3, 1995
Preceded byWilliam Natcher
Succeeded byBob Livingston
Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byJoseph M. McDade
Succeeded byJerry Lewis
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wisconsin's 7th district
In office
April 1, 1969 – January 3, 2011
Preceded byMelvin Laird
Succeeded bySean Duffy
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 2nd Marathon County district
In office
January 7, 1963 – April 1, 1969
Preceded byPaul A. Luedtke
Succeeded byTony Earl
Personal details
Born
David Ross Obey

(1938-10-03) October 3, 1938 (age 86)
Okmulgee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJoan Obey
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison (BS, MA)

David Ross Obey (/ˈb/ OH-bee; born October 3, 1938)[1] is an American lobbyist and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011. He was the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin, until surpassed by Jim Sensenbrenner in 2020.

On May 5, 2010, Obey announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress in November 2010. He left Congress in January 2011, and was succeeded by Republican Sean Duffy. He began working for Gephardt Government Affairs, a lobbying firm founded by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, in June 2011.[2]

  1. ^ "Obey, David R. 1938". Wisconsinhistory.org. 1938-10-03. Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  2. ^ Politico (2011). David Obey heading to K Street. Retrieved June 3, 2011.