Congressman Michael R. McNulty is approaching his 40th year in elective public office. At the completion of that term, he will retire and return to the community he loves so much. His legacy will include extensive service at the local, state and national levels.

First elected to public office in November 1969 as town supervisor of Green Island, Congressman McNulty became the youngest town supervisor in New York State at the age of 22. After serving eight years as supervisor, he was elected mayor of the Village of Green Island and served in that capacity until he was elected to represent New York's 106th Assembly District in 1982.

In 1988, Michael McNulty was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the 23rd Congressional District of New York. Currently in his tenth term in office, longer than anyone has served in that seat, he represents the 21st Congressional District, which includes all of Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady and Schoharie Counties, and portions of Fulton, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties.

This year Congressman McNulty began his fifteenth year of service on the powerful House Ways & Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over taxation, international trade, health care, human resources and Social Security. He serves on numerous other influential committees and commissions, and chairs the Subcommittee on Social Security. After having served as Freshman Majority Whip and Majority Whip-at-Large, he now serves as At-Large Whip.

Congressman McNulty has traveled to all seven continents, including almost 60 countries, as well as the North and South Poles. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He is also a graduate of St. Joseph's Institute in Barrytown, NY, Loyola University Rome Center in Rome, Italy and the Hill School of Insurance in New York City.

Congressman McNulty is a beloved man. In his last election to Congress he received 78% of the vote, victory in every county, city, town and village, and the highest number of votes cast for any congressional candidate of any party in New York State. He and his wife of 36 years, Nancy, have four daughters and five grandchildren.