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CONGRESSMAN THOMAS M. BARRETT
[D] WISCONSIN 5TH DISTRICT |
Congressman Tom Barrett was
born on December 8, 1953 on the Westside of Milwaukee. He attended Marquette University High School and went on to
graduate Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a
degree in economics in 1976.
After receiving his law degree with
honors from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1980, Barrett clerked
for Federal Judge Robert Warren, then went on to private practice,
specializing in business law at the Milwaukee firm of Smith & O'Neil from
1982 to 1985.
Barrett served in the Wisconsin Assembly and
the State Senate. In 1992, Barrett was elected to
represent the Fifth District in Congress, and took office in January, 1993.
The Fifth District includes the Northern half of Milwaukee, and the
communities of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Glendale, River Hills,
Shorewood, Wauwatosa, and Whitefish Bay. Barrett serves on the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services and the Subcommittees on Financial
Institutions and Consumer Credit, and Domestic and International Monetary
Policy. Barrett also serves on the Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental
Relations.
Barrett and his wife, Kristine, live on Milwaukee's northwest side with
their two children, three-year-old Tommy and one-and-a-half-year-old Annie.
