Background
Sanders, Bernard was born on September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Eli and Dorothy (Glassberg) Sanders.
United States Senator from Vermont
Sanders, Bernard was born on September 8, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Eli and Dorothy (Glassberg) Sanders.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1964. Freelance writer, carpenter, youth counselor, 1964-1976. With Government Vermont, 1965-1966.
Director American People"s History Society, Burlington, Vermont, 1976-1981.
Mayor of Burlington, 1981-1989. Member United States House of Representatives from Vermont, 102nd-105th Congresses from Vermont, 1991, member progressive caucus, member commission on banking and finance services, commission on government reform and oversignt.
Chairman Vermont Liberty Union Party, 1975-1976, candidate for government, 1972, 76, 86, United States Senate, 1971, 74.
Freelance writer, carpenter, youth counselor, 1964-1976. Director American People's History Society, Burlington, Vermont, 1976-1981. Mayor City of Burlington, 1981-1989.
Faculty member Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1990. Member-at large United States Congress from Vermont, 1991—2007. United States Senator from Vermont, since 2007.
Chairman Vermont Liberty Union Party, 1975-1976, candidate for Vermont governor, 1972, 76, 86, United States Senate, 1971, 74.
Married Jane O"Meara, 1988. Children: Levi, Heather, Carina, David.