Jan Schakowsky

Jan Schakowsky
Schakowsky in 2014
House Democratic Senior Chief Deputy Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2019
Leader	Nancy Pelosi Hakeem Jeffries
Preceded by	G. K. Butterfield
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 9th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 1999
Preceded by	Sidney R. Yates
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
In office January 9, 1991 – December 31, 1998
Preceded by	Woody Bowman
Succeeded by	Julie Hamos
Constituency	8th district (1993–1999) 4th district (1991–1993)
Personal details
Born	Janice Danoff (1944-05-26) May 26, 1944 (age 80) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Harvey Schakowsky ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1980)​ Robert Creamer ​ (m. 1980)​
Children	2 (with Schakowsky)
Education	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BS)
Website	House website
Jan Schakowsky's voice Jan Schakowsky on legislation to protect social workers from workplace violence Recorded November 21, 2019

Janice Schakowsky (/ʃəˈkaʊski/ shə-KOW-skee; née Danoff; born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

The district is anchored in Chicago's North Side, including much of the area bordering Lake Michigan. It also includes many of Chicago's northern suburbs, including Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Kenilworth, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Rosemont, Skokie, Wilmette, and Winnetka, as of the decennial redistricting following the 2010 United States census.^[1]