district predecessor successor birth_name birth_place children religion party term_end birth_date term_start spouse image article_title state name alma_mater
california 43 43rd california 35 35th california 29 29th joe baca jerry lewis augustus hawkins gloria negrete mcleod henry waxman maxine moore carr st. louis , missouri , u.s. 2 nondenominational christianity democratic january 3 , 2013 january 3 , 1993 15 august 1938 january 3 , 1991 3 , 2013 january 3 , 1993 january edward -lrb- 1977 -- present -rrb- waters -lrb- 1956 -- 1972 -rrb- sid williams maxine waters official.jpg maxine waters
 california california california maxine waters california state university , los angeles
maxine waters

maxine moore waters -lrb- née carr ; born august 15 , 1938 -rrb- is the u.s. representative for , and previously the 35th and 29th districts , serving since 1991 .
she is a member of the democratic party .
she is the most senior of the 12 black women currently serving in the united states congress , and is a member and former chair of the congressional black caucus .
before becoming a member of congress she served in the california assembly , to which she was first elected in 1976 .
as an assembly member , waters advocated for divestment from south africa 's apartheid regime .
in congress , she was an outspoken opponent of the iraq war .
waters was charged , and exonerated , by the house 's subcommittee on ethics with violations of the house 's ethics rules in 2010 .
