Carol Moseley Braun

Senator Carol Moseley Braun served Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 1993 to 1999 (103rd-105th Congresses). While a Senator, Moseley Braun served on the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Judiciary; Small Business; Finance; and Special Aging committees. Before her tenure in Congress, Moseley Braun served in the Illinois House of Representatives and as a prosecutor in the office of the United States Attorney in Chicago. Later, Moseley Braun was an ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. In 2004, she was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and a law degree from University of Chicago School of Law.