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Famous February Birthdays: Selected Members of Congress
Famous February birthdays of selected members of Congress, listed by state served, with month-and-day dates and cautions for heritage research.
This calendar of famous February birthdays lists selected members of Congress by the state they serve. It gives month and day, not a complete set of birth years or birthplace details for heritage research.
What to take away
- Five sitting senators and a sample of House members were born in February; together they serve at least 14 states in the 119th Congress.
- The state a member serves is not always the state of birth, and only the birth state's vital records office holds the origin document for a birth date.
- Birth certificate fees differ by state, and each health department publishes its own form and price list.
- Canadian requests follow provincial rules, and Ontario issues its own birth certificates with posted fees.
February-born senators and the states they serve
Five current senators with famous February birthdays are listed here. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky arrived on February 20. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire on February 27. Tim Kaine of Virginia on February 26. Bernie Moreno of Ohio on February 14. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland on February 23.
The state named with each senator is the state they serve, which is not always where they were born. The list below gives their birth years and birthplace details for four of the five senators:
At least four of the five were born outside the state they serve, so their origin documents sit with another state's office or another country's registry.
For heritage research, the birth state is the key. A senator's birth record sits with the vital records office of the state where the senator was born, not with the Senate and not with the state the senator represents. The calendar below does not supply the birth-state details or request forms needed for every member.
A birth date on a campaign website is not the same as a date confirmed by a state vital records office. Treat the birth-state record as the origin document for any public figure.
February birthday calendar, by state served
The calendar below combines the five senators with a sample of House members and uses month and day only, because many readers add events without a birth year. Each name is a current member of the 119th Congress, and the State column shows the state the member serves, not the state of birth.
House members born in February
| State | Officeholder | Chamber | February birth date |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Sara Jacobs | House | February 1 |
| Connecticut | John B. Larson | House | February 22 |
| Kentucky | Mitch McConnell | Senate | February 20 |
| Maryland | Angela Alsobrooks | Senate | February 23 |
| Massachusetts | Ayanna Pressley | House | February 3 |
| Massachusetts | Richard E. Neal | House | February 14 |
| Minnesota | Angie Craig | House | February 14 |
| New Hampshire | Maggie Hassan | Senate | February 27 |
| New Jersey | Bonnie Watson Coleman | House | February 6 |
| New York | Daniel Goldman | House | February 26 |
| Ohio | Jim Jordan | House | February 17 |
| Ohio | Bernie Moreno | Senate | February 14 |
| Oregon | Val Hoyle | House | February 14 |
| Pennsylvania | Brendan Boyle | House | February 6 |
| Virginia | Tim Kaine | Senate | February 26 |
| Washington | Suzan DelBene | House | February 17 |
Fourteen states appear in the table. Before requesting a record for anyone on it, confirm the birth state separately, because it can differ from the state served. For a New York example, the guide on how to request a New York birth certificate for a famous person explains the extra steps for sealed records.
Verifying a February birth date in four steps
- Find the person's official biography page and note the month and day it lists.
- Identify the state of birth from that page or a reliable obituary, not from the state the person represents.
- Request the birth certificate from that state's vital records office using its current form.
- Compare the record with the biography and note the source and the date you checked.
The same sequence works for any public figure. The legal framework for access is described in the Wikipedia article on vital records. The National Archives genealogy portal links to state-level resources.
Pennsylvania birth certificate fee example
Fees are set by each state health department and change over time. Pennsylvania is one example: its Department of Health states that the standard birth certificate fee is $20, and that a $10 processing fee also applies. A separate article on the Pennsylvania birth certificate cost for heritage research explains what drives the fee.
The CDC Where to Write directory links to every state office and its fee page.
Canadian researchers face provincial rules. Ontario issues birth certificates through its provincial office, and fees are posted there.
Example: checking a representative's February birth date
Suppose you want to confirm Representative Sara Jacobs of California. Her official House page lists February 1. You request a copy from the California Department of Public Health Vital Records office. The record shows the same month and day plus the year 1989. You can now cite the origin document.
When two sources disagree, a checklist helps.
