Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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    DAVID R. OBEY, Democrat, of Wausau, WI; born in Okmulgee, OK, 
October 3, 1938; graduated Wausau High School, 1956; M.A. in political 
science, University of Wisconsin, 1960 (graduate work in Russian 
government and foreign policy); elected to the Wisconsin Legislature 
from Marathon County's 2nd District at the age of 24; reelected three 
times; assistant Democratic floor leader; married Joan Lepinski of 
Wausau, WI, 1962; two sons: Craig David and Douglas David; elected to 
the 91st Congress by special election, April 1, 1969, to fill the 
vacancy created by resignation of Melvin R. Laird; reelected to each 
succeeding Congress; ranking member, House Committee on Appropriations; 
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, ranking 
member; ex officio member of all subcommittees; and former chairman, 
Joint Economic Committee.


                  Office Listings                                       
                                                                        
2462 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC                      
 20515-4907............................................         225-3365
  Staff Director.--Joseph R. Crapa.                                     
  Executive Assistant/Personal Secretary.--Carly M.                     
   Burns.                                                               
  Press Secretary.--Kori Hardin.                                        
Federal Building, 317 First Street, Wausau, WI 54403...   (715) 842-5606
  District Representative.--Jerry Madison.                              
                                                                        

Counties: Ashland; Bayfield; Burnett; Chippewa (part); Clark (part); 
        Douglas; Eau Claire (part); Iron; Lincoln; Marathon; Oneida 
        (part); Polk (part); Portage; Price; Rusk; Sawyer; Taylor; 
        Washburn; Wood. Population (1990), 543,529.
ZIP Codes: 54006, 54024 (part), 54401-02, 54405-07, 54408 (part), 54409 
        (part), 54410-12, 54413 (part), 54414 (part), 54415, 54417, 
        54419, 54421-23, 54425-26, 54427 (part), 54429, 54432-34, 54435 
        (part), 54443, 54447-49, 54451-55, 54457 (part), 54458-60, 54463 
        (part), 54466 (part), 54467, 54469-71, 54473-76, 54479-81, 
        54484, 54487-90, 54494, 54498, 54499 (part), 54501 (part), 
        54513-15, 54517, 54524-30, 54532, 54534, 54536-37, 54546 (part), 
        54547-50, 54552, 54555-56, 54559, 54563-65, 54702 (part), 54703 
        (part), 54724, 54726 (part), 54727 (part), 54729, 54731-32, 
        54739 (part), 54745, 54748, 54757 (part), 54766, 54768 (part), 
        54771 (part), 54801, 54806, 54813 (part), 54814, 54815, 54816-
        17, 54819-21, 54824 (part), 54825, 54827-28, 54829 (part), 
        54830, 54832, 54833, 54834-40, 54842-51, 54852, 54853-56, 54858-
        59, 54861-62, 54864-65, 54867, 54870-76, 54880, 54888, 54890-91, 
        54893-96, 54909 (part), 54921 (part)