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[[Image:Gillibrand.jpg|Right|thumb| Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]

[[Image:Gillibrand.jpg|Right|thumb| Senator Kirsten Gillibrand]]

'''Kirsten Gillibrand''' (born December 9, 1966) (pronounced JILL-uh-brand) is a first-term United States senator from [[New York]].  She had previously been in the United States House of Representatives.  She was nominated on Jan. 23, 2009, by Governor David Paterson to replace [[Hillary Clinton]] in the U.S. Senate.  At forty-two years old she is the youngest member of the Senate.  

'''Kirsten Gillibrand''' (born December 9, 1966) (pronounced JILL-uh-brand) is a first-term United States senator from [[New York]].  She had previously been in the United States House of Representatives.  She was nominated on Jan. 23, 2009, by Governor [[David A. Paterson|David Paterson]] to replace [[Hillary Clinton]] in the U.S. Senate.  At forty-two years old she is the youngest member of the Senate.  

==Career==

==Career==

From an upstate New York family long involved in politics, she graduated from Dartmouth College (1988) and UCLA Law School. At Dartmouth learned Chinese, spent a semester in China, and wrote a senior project on the topic, "The History of Tibetan Resistance to the Chinese Occupation of Tibet 1950-1988."  

From an upstate New York family long involved in politics, she graduated from Dartmouth College (1988) and UCLA Law School. At Dartmouth learned Chinese, spent a semester in China, and wrote a senior project on the topic, "The History of Tibetan Resistance to the Chinese Occupation of Tibet 1950-1988."