Discover the defining moments in the early life of Elizabeth Warren. From birth to education, explore key events.
Elizabeth Warren is a prominent American politician and the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2013. As a Democrat known for her progressive views, she champions consumer protection, economic equality, and social welfare programs. Warren gained national attention as a 2020 presidential candidate, where she advocated for significant reforms. Before entering politics, she was a distinguished law professor specializing in bankruptcy. Her policy proposals and advocacy have positioned her as a leading voice in contemporary American political discourse, particularly on issues of economic fairness and corporate accountability.
In 1911, Donald Jones Herring, Elizabeth Warren's father, was born. He later served as a U.S. Army flight instructor during World War II.
In 1912, Pauline Louise Reed, Elizabeth Warren's mother, was born. She later married Donald Jones Herring and became a homemaker.
On June 22, 1949, Elizabeth Ann Herring, now known as Elizabeth Warren, was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
On June 22, 1949, Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring) was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
In 1968, Elizabeth Warren left George Washington University after two years to marry James Robert "Jim" Warren, whom she had met in high school.
In 1970, Elizabeth Warren graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science degree in speech pathology and audiology.
In 1970, after obtaining her degree but before enrolling in law school, Elizabeth Warren taught children with disabilities for a year in a public school.
In 1976, Elizabeth Warren received her Juris Doctor and passed the bar examination shortly thereafter. She also became pregnant with her second child, Alexander.
In 1976, Elizabeth Warren voted for Gerald Ford in the presidential election, which was the only time she voted for the Republican nominee in the six presidential elections before 1996.
In 1977, Elizabeth Warren began her career in academia as a lecturer at Rutgers University, Newark School of Law.
In 1978, Elizabeth Warren moved to the University of Houston Law Center.
On July 12, 1980, Elizabeth Warren married law professor Bruce H. Mann, her second husband, but chose to retain her first husband's surname.
In 1980, Elizabeth Warren became an associate dean at the University of Houston Law Center.
In 1980, Elizabeth Warren published an article in the Notre Dame Law Review arguing that public utilities were over-regulated and that automatic utility rate increases should be instituted.
In 1983, Elizabeth Warren returned to the University of Texas School of Law as a full professor after being a visiting associate professor in 1981.
In 1984, Elizabeth Warren contributed recipes to a Native American cookbook and identified herself as Cherokee.
In 1985, Elizabeth Warren was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.
In 1986, Elizabeth Warren identified her race as "American Indian" on a State Bar of Texas write-in form used for statistical information gathering.
In 1987, Elizabeth Warren concluded her time as a research associate at the Population Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin and as a professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
In 1987, Elizabeth Warren joined the University of Pennsylvania Law School as a full professor.
In 1989, Elizabeth Warren, along with colleagues Teresa A. Sullivan and Jay Westbrook, published their research in the book "As We Forgive Our Debtors."
In 1990, Elizabeth Warren obtained an endowed chair at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, becoming the William A. Schnader Professor of Commercial Law.
Elizabeth Warren was registered as a Republican from 1991 to 1996.
In 1992, Elizabeth Warren taught for a year at Harvard Law School as the Robert Braucher Visiting Professor of Commercial Law.
In 1995, Elizabeth Warren began her involvement in public policy by working to oppose what eventually became the 2005 act restricting bankruptcy access for individuals.
In 1995, Elizabeth Warren began to vote Democratic because she no longer believed that the Republicans were the party who best supported markets.
In 1995, Elizabeth Warren left the University of Pennsylvania to become the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
In 1995, Elizabeth Warren was asked to advise the National Bankruptcy Review Commission by its chair, former congressman Mike Synar.
In 1995, Pauline Louise (Reed) Herring, Elizabeth Warren's mother, passed away.
Elizabeth Warren's Republican Party affiliation ended in 1996, after being registered as a Republican since 1991.
In 1996, Elizabeth Warren became the highest-paid professor at Harvard University who was not an administrator.
In 1997, Donald Jones Herring, Elizabeth Warren's father, passed away.
In 2004, Elizabeth Warren began to rise in prominence with an appearance on the Dr. Phil show, and published several books including The Two-Income Trap.
In 2004, Elizabeth Warren published an article in the Washington University Law Review arguing that correlating middle-class struggles with over-consumption was a fallacy.
From 2005 to 2009, Elizabeth Warren was among the three most-cited scholars in the fields of bankruptcy and commercial law.
In 2005, an act restricting bankruptcy access for individuals, which Elizabeth Warren had opposed since 1995, was passed.
In 2005, despite Elizabeth Warren's opposition, Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which curtailed consumers' ability to file for bankruptcy.
From 2006 to 2010, Elizabeth Warren was a member of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion.
On November 14, 2008, Elizabeth Warren was appointed by U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid to chair the five-member Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act.
In 2008, Elizabeth Warren's national profile grew due to her strong public stances in favor of stricter banking regulations after the 2008 financial crisis.
From 2005 to 2009, Elizabeth Warren was among the three most-cited scholars in the fields of bankruptcy and commercial law.
In July 2010, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was established by the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law by President Obama.
In September 2010, President Obama named Elizabeth Warren Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the CFPB to set up the new agency.
From 2006 to 2010, Elizabeth Warren was a member of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion.
In 2010, Republican Scott Brown had won the U.S. Senate seat in a special election after Ted Kennedy's death, which Elizabeth Warren sought to win back in 2012.
On September 14, 2011, Elizabeth Warren declared her intention to run for the Democratic nomination for the 2012 election in Massachusetts for the U.S. Senate.
As of 2011, Elizabeth Warren was Harvard's only tenured law professor who had attended law school at an American public university.
In 2011, Elizabeth Warren's scholarship and public advocacy were the impetus for establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In January 2012, President Obama appointed former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray as the director of the CFPB in a recess appointment, due to concerns that Elizabeth Warren could not win Senate confirmation.
In 2012, Elizabeth Warren campaigned for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
In 2012, Elizabeth Warren defeated incumbent Republican Scott Brown and became the first female U.S. senator from Massachusetts.
In 2012, Elizabeth Warren stated that "being Native American has been part of my story, I guess, since the day I was born".
In 2012, President Obama echoed Elizabeth Warren's sentiments in an election campaign speech.
In 2013, Elizabeth Warren became the senior United States Senator from the state of Massachusetts.
In October 2018, Elizabeth Warren released an analysis of a DNA test by geneticist Carlos D. Bustamante that found her ancestry to be mostly European but "strongly support[ed] the existence of an unadmixed Native American ancestor".
In 2018, Elizabeth Warren was reelected as a U.S. Senator, defeating Republican nominee Geoff Diehl.
During a January 2019 public appearance in Sioux City, Iowa, Elizabeth Warren responded to a question about her DNA testing, clarifying that she is not a person of color or a citizen of a tribe and that tribal citizenship is determined by tribes, not DNA tests.
On February 9, 2019, Elizabeth Warren announced her candidacy in the 2020 United States presidential election.
In February 2019, Elizabeth Warren received a standing ovation during a surprise visit to a Native American conference, where she was introduced by Representative Deb Haaland.
In 2019, Politico reported that a close high-school friend described Elizabeth Warren as a "diehard conservative" in high school, and colleagues noted changes in her political views over time.
On March 5, 2020, after Super Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren withdrew from the 2020 United States presidential election.
On April 23, 2020, Elizabeth Warren announced on Twitter that her eldest brother, Don Reed Herring, had died two days prior from COVID-19.
In 2020, Elizabeth Warren was a candidate in the Democratic Party presidential primaries, finishing third after Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
On October 1, 2021, Elizabeth Warren announced that her brother, John Herring, had died of cancer.
In 2022, Elizabeth Warren and her husband reported a combined income of $1 million, with her salary as a U.S. Senator accounting for only a fifth of that sum.
In 2024, Elizabeth Warren was reelected to a third Senate term against Republican nominee John Deaton.
As of early 2025, TheStreet.com estimates Elizabeth Warren's net worth to be at least $8 million.
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