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Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (born January 1, 1965) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party and the first black woman elected to Congress from Alabama. Sewell is the only Democrat in Alabama's seven-member Congressional delegation. A native of Selma, Alabama, she is a graduate of Princeton University, Harvard Law School and Oxford University, and is a public finance attorney.
Early life
Terri Sewell was raised in Selma, Alabama. Her maternal family offered its homestead to travelers on the 1965 March from Selma to Montgomery. Sewell spent her childhood summers in Lowndes County, Alabama with her grandparents. Her grandfather, a Primitive Baptist Minister and a farmer, instilled in her a love for the land, ...
Terri Sewell thanks her supporters at the Redmont Hotel on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, after claiming victory in the 7th Congressional District runoff against Shelia Smoot. , positive
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell's first piece of legislation in Congress would allow entrepreneurs to use tax-exempt savings accounts to help get their businesses started.
Sewell, D-Birmingham, introduced the bill earlier this month, and it is the first in which she is the chief sponsor.
"Small businesses are really the economic engine, especially in the 7th congressional district, so encouraging people to save money tax-free in order to start a business, I think would be a great thing," Sewell said in an interview on Capitol Hill last week.
The Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts Act would ...
Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (AL-07) announced the winners of this year’s Seventh Congressional District Art Competition.The competition, which was open to all high school students in Alabama’s 7th Congressional District, offers the winning participant the opportunity to have his or her artwork placed on display in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. for one year and will be recognized in the district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
“The Seventh Congressional District is blessed to have so many talented and gifted students,” said Rep. ...
U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell is the top fundraiser among Alabama's three freshmen members of Congress, new campaign finance reports show.
The Birmingham Democrat raised $236,000 in the three months leading up to June 30, an early but important quarter as people gear up for the 2012 elections. In some cases, running up a big bank account before the election year can scare off potential challengers.
Sewell has had a national network of donors from her time as a bond attorney in New York, but the latest report also shows more of a reach into areas of Alabama that are outside her 7th Congressional ...