Hakeem Jeffries

CTL-E-6221 · Person · politician · Born 1970; U.S. House service 2013–present; Democratic Leader 2023–present

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Hakeem Jeffries is an American politician and attorney representing New York's Eighth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, where Congress.gov records his service from 2013 to the present across the 113th through 119th Congresses. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Crown Heights, he is a product of New York City public schools and a graduate of Midwood High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Binghamton University, a master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University, and a law degree from New York University School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude and served on the Law Review. After clerking for a federal district judge and practicing at Paul, Weiss and as counsel at Viacom and CBS, he served six years in the New York State Assembly before entering Congress. House Democrats unanimously elected him their leader in 2022 and again in 2024, making him the highest-ranking Democrat in the House; he previously chaired the House Democratic Caucus and served as whip of the Congressional Black Caucus. In January 2026 he led the discharge-petition effort that passed a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits through the House.

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• Also known as: Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, Hakeem S. Jeffries

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Sources

• Office of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, About (jeffries.house.gov) (accessed 2026-10-16) — represents New York's Eighth Congressional District, serving his seventh term; Democratic Leader, unanimously elected in 2022 and 2024, the highest-ranking Democrat in the House; former Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus; in January 2026 led the discharge-petition passage of a clean three-year extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits through the House; six years in the New York State Assembly before Congress; bachelor's from Binghamton, master's in public policy from Georgetown, law degree from NYU School of Law, magna cum laude and Law Review; clerked for Judge Harold Baer Jr.; practiced at Paul, Weiss and served as counsel at Viacom and CBS; born in Brooklyn Hospital, raised in Crown Heights, Midwood High School graduate — http://jeffries.house.gov/about/ (primary source · build store)
• Congress.gov, Library of Congress, Representative Hakeem S. Jeffries (accessed 2026-10-16) — Hakeem S. Jeffries (1970- ); in Congress 2013-present; Minority Leader; party Democratic; House, New York District 8, 113th-119th Congresses (2013-present); official website jeffries.house.gov — https://www.congress.gov/member/hakeem-jeffries/J000294?searchResultViewType=expanded&page=8 (build store)

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