Sewell, Terri A., 1965-

Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (born January 1, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She has served as the U.S. Representative since 2011 for Alabama's 7th congressional district, which includes most of the Black Belt, as well as most of the predominantly Black portions of Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery.

Born in Huntsville, Alabama and raised in Selma, Sewell was the first black valedictorian of Selma High School. She attended Princeton University, interning for Congressman Richard Shelby and Senator Howell Heflin before graduating in 1986. She then attended Oxford University where she earned an MA in political science in 1988 and a JD from Harvard Law School in 1992. She served as a judicial law clerk in Birmingham before moving to New York City where she worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell. Returning to Alabama in 2004, Sewell worked for Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC where she was the first black woman partner in the firm. In 2010, Sewell entered the Democratic primary to succeed outgoing Democratic Congressman Artur Davis. Sewell won the primary and general elections and has been reelected five times since.

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