page_title: Frank Chopp
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Frank Chopp / Biography
caption_attribution_description: English: In the 1970s, the young Frank Chopp (later a prominent Washington State politician) and his father built two modern "urban cabins" at 2402 E Yesler Way, Seattle, Washington.
context_page_description: Frank Chopp is a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 43rd district since 1995. His district covers the neighborhoods of Fremont, Wallingford, the University District and Madison Park, all in Seattle. Chopp served as Speaker of the House from 2002 to 2019.
context_section_description: Frank Chopp was born on May 13, 1953 in Bremerton, Washington. His father was a coal miner who moved to the shipyards and found employment as a union electrical worker and his mother, Anne, worked in a school cafeteria. He attended East High School in Bremerton and graduated top of his class in 1971. While still in high school, Chopp led a protest against the Elks Club's refusal to allow black members. He later attended the University of Washington, graduating magna cum laude in 1975. As a student at the University of Washington, he organized efforts to preserve low-income housing in Seattle. To protest the demolition of low-incoming housing, Chopp lived in a geodesic dome situated in a parking lot in South Lake Union.
  He is married to Nancy Long and has two children. He lives in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.
caption: As a young man in the 1970s, Chopp and his father built these two modernist "urban cabins" in Seattle's Central District.
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