Steven Harvey Schiff (March 18, 1947 – March 25, 1998) was an American politician. He served as a member of the

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, representing the first district of

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from 1989 until his death in 1998. Schiff was a

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. Schiff was born in

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. He received a B.A. at the

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and a

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from the

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. Schiff joined the

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in 1969, and he was a reservist until his death. He remained in New Mexico and was a lawyer until his election to Congress in 1989. From 1972 until 1981, Schiff was an assistant city attorney from Albuquerque. He was the

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district attorney from 1981 until his entering Congress. Schiff had an interest in

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and as a congressman pressured various government officials for information about them. Schiff died of

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during his fifth term in Congress in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Republican

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won a

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to succeed him.

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Inventory of the Steven Schiff Papers, 1977–1998
University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for Southwest Research {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiff, Steven 1947 births 1998 deaths 20th-century American politicians Deaths from cancer in New Mexico Deaths from skin cancer District attorneys in New Mexico Jewish American military personnel Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives National Guard (United States) officers New Mexico National Guard personnel Politicians from Albuquerque, New Mexico Politicians from Chicago Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Mexico University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni University of New Mexico School of Law alumni 20th-century American Jews Military personnel from Illinois

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