Waxman, Henry A. (Henry Arnold), 1939-

Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 24th (1975-1993), 29th (1993-2003), 30th (2003-2013), and 33rd (2013-2015) congressional districts.

Born in Los Angeles, California, he attended public schools there before earning B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating, he worked as a lawyer. He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1968, and served three terms. Along with U.S. Representative Howard Berman, Waxman co-founded the Los Angeles County Young Democrats. In 1974, Democratic U.S. Representative Chet Holifield retired after 16 terms in Congress. Waxman gave up his state assembly seat to run for the district, which had been re-numbered from the 19th to the 24th in a mid-decade redistricting. Waxman won the Democratic nomination for the district, and easily won the general election, as this was tantamount to election in this heavily Democratic district. He was re-elected 17 times, with no substantive opposition.

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