Claudine Schneider

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Claudine Schneider
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991
Preceded byEdward Beard
Succeeded byJack Reed
Personal details
Born
Claudine Cmarada

(1947-03-25) March 25, 1947 (age 77)
Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationRosemont College
Windham College (BA)
University of Rhode Island

Claudine Schneider (née Cmarada; born March 25, 1947) is an American economist and former politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Rhode Island. She was the first,[1] and to date only, woman elected to Congress from Rhode Island. She is the founder of Republicans for Integrity, which describes itself as a network of "Republican former Members of Congress who feel compelled to remind Republican voters about the fundamentals of [the Republican] party and to provide the facts about incumbents' voting records."[2]

Life and career[edit]

Schneider with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Schneider with President George H. W. Bush in 1990

Schneider was born Claudine Cmarada in Clairton, Pennsylvania. On her father's side, she is of Slovak descent.[3] Schneider attended parochial schools. She studied at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and Rosemont College (Pennsylvania). She obtained a B.A. degree from Windham College (Vermont) in 1969. She also attended the University of Rhode Island Program in Community Planning.

She was the founder of the Rhode Island Committee on Energy in 1973, and was appointed executive director of the Conservation Law Foundation in 1974. She became Federal coordinator of Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Program in 1978. She worked as a producer and host of a public affairs television program in Providence from 1978 to 1979.

Schneider was elected as a Republican to the 97th Congress and was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1991 for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district.

She did not stand for re-election in 1990 to the 102nd Congress but was an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Senate in challenging incumbent Claiborne Pell.

In 1985, she was interviewed by David Wallechinsky for his book, "Midterm Report: The Class of '65: Chronicles Of An American Generation" (1986). It was later published as "Class Reunion '65, Tales of an American Generation," written from the perspective of two decades post-high school graduation.[4] Twenty-eight contemporary graduates were interviewed, Wallachinsky noting the profound impact of the Vietnam War on their lives.[4]

After leaving Congress, she served as a member of the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.

She is a resident of Boulder, Colorado, where she works as an independent consultant, specializing in environmental matters and ecological economics.[5] Schneider endorsed Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the 2008, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.[6][7][8]

In June 2022, Schneider was one of eleven former Republican House representatives to sign a letter to Congress urging lawmakers to pass an LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill.[9]

Schneider was one of six petitioners represented by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in Trump v. Anderson, a 2023 case brought before the Colorado Supreme Court ruling Donald Trump ineligible for the 2024 presidential election on grounds of violating the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[10][11]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "SCHNEIDER, Claudine". US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Home". republicansforintegrity.org.
  3. ^ U.S. legislators with Czech-Slovak roots Archived 2008-11-15 at the Wayback Machine at CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Midterm Report, the Class of ’65: CHRONICLE OF AN AMERICAN GENERATION by David Wallechinsky, Los Angeles Times, Charles Trueheart, September 28, 1986. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. ^ "Claudine Schneider". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  6. ^ Republicans who backed Obama say they may vote for him again; Hannah Brenton and Hayleigh Colombo, The Hill, October 28, 2010. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ^ R.I.'s former GOP congresswoman, Schneider backs Clinton to counter 'embarrassing' Trump; Katherine Gregg, Providence Journal, October 4, 2016. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  8. ^ Here are the prominent Republicans backing Biden; Devan Cole, CNN, September 3, 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  9. ^ Former GOP members of Congress urge lawmakers to pass federal LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination legislation; Brooke Migdon, June 14, 2022; The Hill. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  10. ^ "Six Colorado voters sue to remove Trump from the state's 2024 ballot". NBC News. 2023-09-06. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  11. ^ Miru (2023-09-06). "Lawsuit filed to remove Trump from ballot in CO under 14th Amendment". CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Retrieved 2024-01-05.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
1981–1991 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
(Class 2)
1990 		Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Representative 		Succeeded byas Former US Representative

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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