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Shaheen Welcomes Japanese Ambassador to New Hampshire to Celebrate the 119th Anniversary of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty Signing, Hosts Roundtable with New Hampshire Businesses to Build Connections and Future Partnerships.
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen (/ ˈ dʒ iː n ʃ ə ˈ h iː n / JEEN shə-HEEN; née Bowers, born January 28, 1947) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire, a seat she has held since January 2009.
The first woman in U.S. history to be elected both a Governor and a United States Senator, New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen is a trailblazer with a reputation for working across the aisle to get things done.
Jeanne Shaheen (born January 28, 1947, St. Charles, Missouri, U.S.) is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2008 and began representing New Hampshire the following year. She was the first woman to serve as governor of the state (1997–2003).
The daughter of a shoe factory manager and a church secretary, Jeanne Shaheen is the first woman in American history to be elected Governor and U.S. Senator. The Keene Sentinel says, “Shaheen has provided strong leadership in Congress,” with a “common sense voice.”
Led the first trade missions outside of North America by a New Hampshire Governor, promoting the state’s companies overseas. During Shaheen’s tenure, export sales of New Hampshire goods expanded by $500 million. Helped bring high-speed Internet service to underserved areas of New Hampshire.
(Manchester, NH) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, today hosted a field hearing and resource fair at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester on historic investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act that help small businesses lower their energy costs, transition to the ...
