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Susan Collins
Born December 7, 1952 (72 years)
Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving senator.
Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator William Cohen in 1975, she became staff director of the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs (which later became the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) in 1981. Governor John R. McKernan Jr. then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President George H. W. Bush appointed her director of the Small Business Administration's regional office in Boston. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts in 1993. After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the 1994 general election. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid for governor in 1994, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at Husson University in Bangor, Maine.
Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator William Cohen in 1975, she became staff director of the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs (which later became the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) in 1981. Governor John R. McKernan Jr. then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President George H. W. Bush appointed her director of the Small Business Administration's regional office in Boston. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts in 1993. After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the 1994 general election. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid for governor in 1994, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at Husson University in Bangor, Maine.
Filmography
| 2024 | Centered: Joe Lieberman · as Self |
| 2021 | Bild Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution |
| 2017 | Alzheimer's: Every Minute Counts · as Self |
| 2016 | Inside Obama's White House (TV Series) · as Self - Republican Maine Senator |
| 2015 | MTP Daily (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | New Day (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Lead with Jake Tapper (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Game Change · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2012 | The Invisible War · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | The Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith · as Self |
| 2010 | Inside Job · as Self |
| 2009 | State Of The Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | Andrea Mitchell Reports (USA) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | 14 Women · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | This Week (TV Series) · as Self - Maine Senator |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360° (TV Series) · as Self - Maine Senator |
| 2002 | NOW (TV Series) · as Self - Maine Senator |
| 1996 | No Spin News (TV Series) · as Self (segment "watters' World") |
| 1996 | MSNBC Live/MSNBC Reports (TV Series) · as Self - Maine Senator |
| 1994 | Hardball with Chris Mathews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1992 | To the Contrary (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Self - Maine Senator |
| 1975 | PBS News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1947 | Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self - Maine Senator |