Steve Cohen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 9th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Ford Jr. |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 30th district | |
| In office January 11, 1983 – December 1, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Jim White |
| Succeeded by | Shea Flinn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stephen Ira Cohen May 24, 1949 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Vanderbilt University (BA) University of Memphis (JD) |
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| Website | House website |
Stephen Ira Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the dean of and only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.[1]
- ^ Cohen beats back Memphis challenge Archived June 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Jewish Telegraph Agency – August 8, 2008