Steve Cohen (politician)

Steve Cohen
Cohen in 2018
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 9th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Harold Ford Jr.
Member of the Tennessee Senate from the 30th district
In office January 11, 1983 – December 1, 2006
Preceded by	Jim White
Succeeded by	Shea Flinn
Personal details
Born	Stephen Ira Cohen (1949-05-24) May 24, 1949 (age 75) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Vanderbilt University (BA) University of Memphis (JD)
Signature
Website	House website
Steve Cohen's voice Steve Cohen on the lack of bipartisan support for voting rights legislation Recorded June 25, 2014

Stephen Ira Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the dean of and only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.^[1]