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Douglas Craig Emhoff (born October 13, 1964) is an American lawyer who served as the second gentleman of the United States from 2021 to 2025. [1] Married to the 49th vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, who was the first woman in the role, and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Emhoff was the first second gentleman of the country.
Douglas Emhoff is the husband of Kamala Harris. He was born to Jewish parents [1] Michael and Barbara Emhoff in Brooklyn, New York. He lived in New Jersey from 1969 to 1981, moving with his family to California when he was 17. [2] [3] [4] Emhoff graduated from the California State University, Northridge and USC Gould School of Law. [5]
Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, became the first Second Gentleman of the United States when his wife was elected the first female vice president. He is the first attorney, [citation needed] the first Jewish person, and the first husband to assume this ceremonial role. [14]
President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff pose for a photo with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Blue Room of the White House, Friday, February 25, 2022, after the announcement of her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) Date
Kamala Devi Harris (/ ˈ k ɑː m ə l ə ˈ d eɪ v i / ⓘ KAH-mə-lə DAY-vee, [1] born October 20, 1964) is an American politician and attorney who served from 2021 to 2025 as the 49th vice president of the United States under President Joe Biden. She was the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official ...
In January 2021, Kamala Harris made history as the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to serve as Vice President of the United States.
Kamala Harris's father, Donald J. Harris, [10] arrived in the United States from Jamaica in 1961, for graduate study at UC Berkeley, and received a Ph.D. in economics in 1966. [11] Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan met in 1962 and were married in 1963. [12] [13] He would become a Stanford University professor of economics in 1972. [14] [15]
Doug Emhoff became the first second gentleman of the United States when his wife Kamala Harris became vice president in 2021. The first man to formally serve as first gentleman was James E. Ferguson in 1925, a former governor of Texas who was forced from office due to corruption charges, and whose wife Miriam A. Ferguson later won