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Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. (born November 11, 1931) is an American politician (Politics of the United States) from the state (U.S. state) of California. A Democrat (Democratic Party (United States)), he has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (United States House of Representatives) since 1973 (37 years), currently representing Californias 13th congressional district in southwestern Alameda County. Currently he is the sixth (List of United States Representatives in the 111th Congress by seniority) most senior Representative as well as 8th most senior member of Congress.
The 13th district includes Alameda (Alameda, California), Union City (Union City, California), Hayward (Hayward, California), Newark (Newark, California), San Leandro and Fremont (Fremont, California), as well as parts of Oakland and Pleasanton (Pleasanton, California). Stark lives in Maryland, although he maintains a townhouse in Fremont, California.
Stark is the first, and so far only, openly atheist (Atheism) member of the United States Congress.
State: California
Preceded: George Paul Miller
Succeeded: Incumbent
Preceded3: Ron Dellums
Succeeded3: Committee Abolished
Preceded4: Charlie Rangel
Date of birth: 1931-11-11
Birth Location: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth Name: Fortney Hillman Stark, Jr.
Nationality: American (United States)
Party: Democratic (Democratic Party (United States))
Spouse: Deborah Roderick
Religion: Unitarian Universalism (Atheist (Atheism))
Residence: Fremont, California
Alma Mater: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology),University of California, Berkeley
Occupation: Banking Senior management
Committees: Ways & Means Committee (United States House Committee on Ways and Means)
Website: www.petestark.com
Allegiance: United States of America (United States)
Branch: Air Force (United States Air Force)
Member of the,U.S. House of Representatives,from California's 13th district (California's 13th congressional district),8th District (California's 8th congressional district) (1973-1975),9th District (California's 9th congressional district) (1975-1993)
In office: January 3, 1973
Chairman of the House District of Columbia Committee (United States House Committee on the District of Columbia)
In office: 1993-1995
Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means (United States House Committee on Ways and Means)
In office: March 3, 2010-March 4, 2010
Succeeded by: Sander Levin