Kamala Harris
American, born 1964
BiographyKamala Harris is a Senator from California and a Vice President of the United States; born in Oakland, Calif., October 20, 1964; B.A., Howard University, 1986; J.D., University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1989; admitted to the California bar in 1990; deputy district attorney, Alameda County, Calif., 1990-1998; managing attorney, San Francisco District Attorney’s Office; chief of the San Francisco City Attorney’s Division on Children and Families; district attorney of San Francisco 2004-2011; attorney general of California 2011-2016; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2016 and served from January 3, 2017, until January 18, 2021, when she resigned to become Vice President; was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020; elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket headed by Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in 2020, and served from January 20, 2021, until January 20, 2025; was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2024.
Source: United States Congress, “HARRIS, Kamala Devi,” accessed March 05, 2025, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H001075.
Source: United States Congress, “HARRIS, Kamala Devi,” accessed March 05, 2025, https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H001075.
Person TypeIndividual
American, 1910 - 2007
