deputy predecessor successor birth_place jr/sr party article_title office birth_date term_start spouse image state term_end name alma_mater
damon silvers elizabeth warren joe biden position abolished chris coons philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. united states senator democratic ted kaufman
 chairman of the congressional oversight panel 15 march 1939 october 6 , 2010 january 16 , 2009 lynne kaufman ted kaufman , official senate photo portrait , 2009.jpg delaware april 3 , 2011 november 15 , 2010 ted kaufman duke university
ted kaufman

edward e. `` ted '' kaufman -lrb- born march 15 , 1939 -rrb- is an american politician who served as a united states senator from delaware from 2009 to 2010 .
from 2010 until 2011 , he chaired the congressional oversight panel in the united states federal government ; he is the second and final person to have held that post , succeeding inaugural holder elizabeth warren .
he is a member of the democratic party who previously served on the staff of the united states senate .
kaufman was appointed to the senate to fill the term of long-time senator joe biden , who resigned to become vice president of the united states in january 2009 .
prior to becoming a u.s. senator , kaufman had been an adviser to biden for much of his political career .
