district succeeded religion birth_place profession party preceded birth_date term_start residence birthname image article_title state alma_mater
9th incumbent jewish memphis , tennessee attorney democratic harold ford , jr. . 24 may 1949 january 3 , 2007 memphis , tennessee stephen ira cohen stevecohen.jpeg steve cohen
 tennessee vanderbilt j.d. -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- university of memphis -lrb-
steve cohen

stephen ira `` steve '' cohen -lrb- born may 24 , 1949 -rrb- is the u.s. representative for , serving since 2007 .
he is a member of the democratic party .
tennessee 's 9th district includes almost three-fourths of memphis .
cohen is tennessee 's first jewish congressman .
