Alice (Dina) TITUS, Congress, NV (1950)

TITUS, Alice (Dina), a Representative from Nevada; born in Thomasville, Thomas County, Ga.; May 23, 1950; A. B., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., 1970; M. A., University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1973; Ph. D., Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1976; professor; member of Nevada state senate, 1989-2008; minority leader of Nevada state senate, 1993-2008; unsuccessful candidate for governor of Nevada, 2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present