Joaquin Castro

Biography

CASTRO, Joaquin, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., September 16, 1974; graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, San Antonio, Tex., 1992; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1996; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2000; lawyer, private practice; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 2002-2012; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2021 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States.