Representative Jim McDermott (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: WA-7
First Elected: 11/08/1988
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Therese; 2 Children: Katherine, James
Birth date: 12/28/1936
Birthplace: Chicago, IL
Home City: Seattle WA
Religion: Episcopalian

Profession

Regional Medical Officer, Kinshasa, Zaire, United States Foreign Service, 1987-1988 Member, Public Health Associates of Seattle, 1983-1986 Consultant, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 1972-1983 Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington Hospitals, 1970-1983 Consultant, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Juvenile Rehabilitation, 1972-1979 Chief Psychiatrist, Seattle/King County Jail, 1978 Lieutenant Commander, Chief Psychiatrist, Long Beach Naval Station, United States Navy Medical Corp, 1968-1970 Residency in Child Psychiatry, University of Washington Hospitals, 1966-1968 Residency in Adult Psychiatry, University of Illinois Hospitals, 1964-1966

Education

MD, University of Illinois Medical School, 1963 BS, Wheaton College, 1958

Committees

Subcommittee on Human Resources
Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
Subcommittee on Oversight (Ways and Means)
Subcommittee on Trade
Ways and Means

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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