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Steve Cohen
Stephen Ira "Steve" Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Tennessee's 9th district includes almost three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman.〔(Cohen beats back Memphis challenge ) Jewish Telegraph Agency - August 8, 2008〕
==Early life, education, and law career==
Cohen was born in Memphis, Tennessee on May 24, 1949, the son of Genevieve (née Goldsand) and pediatrician Morris David Cohen. He has two older brothers, Michael Corey and Martin D. Cohen.〔(''Project Vote Smart'' biography )〕 He is a fourth-generation Memphian,〔(Cohen's campaign website biography )〕 and is a grandson of Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Poland.〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/cohen.htm〕 His immigrant grandfather owned a newsstand.〔(Yo Vey! ) (subscribers only), Jonathan Martin, ''The New Republic'', September 25, 2006.〕 Cohen contracted polio when he was five, and the disease caused him to shift his attention from sports to politics at an early age.〔 When Cohen was eleven, John F. Kennedy made a campaign stop in Memphis, and Cohen took a picture of Kennedy sitting on a convertible. Cohen describes Kennedy as his political hero; the picture still hangs in his office.〔 In 1961, Cohen’s family moved to Coral Gables, Florida where his father took a residency in psychiatry at the University of Miami. From 1964 to 1966, the Cohen family resided in Pasadena, California where Dr. Cohen completed a fellowship in pediatric psychiatry at the University of Southern California. Cohen, who attended Polytechnic School, returned to Florida in 1966 to graduate from Coral Gables High School before returning to Memphis where his father established his private psychiatry practice.
Cohen graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While at Vanderbilt, he was a member of the Alpha Gamma chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.〔http://www.zbt.org/who-we-are/notable-alumni.html〕 In 1973, he graduated from the University of Memphis School of Law of Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis) with a Juris Doctor.〔 From 1978-2006, Cohen was the sole practitioner of his own law firm, practicing civil and criminal law until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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