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Bill Cassidy
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American physician and politician (born 1957)
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Bill Cassidy is an American politician, physician, and researcher, born in Highland Park on 28 September 1957. He was educated at and later employed by Louisiana State University. Cassidy is a member of the Republican Party and has held the positions of member of the United States House of Representatives and United States senator. He works from Washington, D.C., and resides in Baton Rouge. He is a Protestant and speaks English.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Diabetic Foot Ulcers Grand Challenge
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1982-07-07
Discography
- Split Personality (album sampler)2003
- Hotel2003
- Down 2 Ride2004
- Split Personality2004
- I’m a Hustla2005
- B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story2007
- Back to the Problem2008
- Face 2 Face2010
- Get Doe2010
- C.A.S.H.2010
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 11
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bill+Cassidy">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,233x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,462x
- The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 9,163x
- Solutions for a cultivated planet
· 2011 · cited 6,862x
- Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 6,113x
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Bernie Sanders
- Succeeded by
- Bernie Sanders
- Born
- William Morgan Cassidy , ( 1957-09-28 ) September 28, 1957 (age 68) , Highland Park, Illinois , U.S.
- Party
- Republican
- Other political affiliations
- Democratic (formerly)
- Spouse
- Laura Layden ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 29, 1989</span>"}]]}'>1989 )
- Education
- Louisiana State University ( BS , MD )
- Website
- Senate website , Campaign website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Morgan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Highland Park
- Occupation
- researcher
- Position held
- United States senator
- Educated at
- Louisiana State University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Official website
- cassidy.senate.gov
- Image
- Bill Cassidy, official 111th Congress photo portrait.JPG
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
- Residence
- Baton Rouge
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- date of birth
- 1957-09-28
- Commons category
- Bill Cassidy
- name in native language
- Bill Cassidy
- phone number
- +1-202-224-5824
- writing language
- English language
- Commons Creator page
- Bill Cassidy
- P10632
- Bill Cassidy
- number of viewers/listeners
- 471264
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
William Morgan Cassidy (born September 28, 1957) is an American politician and physician who is the senior United States senator from Louisiana, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Louisiana State Senate from 2006 to 2009 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2009 to 2015. Cassidy has chaired the Senate Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions (HELP) Committee since 2025.
Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Cassidy is a graduate of Louisiana State University (LSU) and LSU School of Medicine. A gastroenterologist, he was elected to the Louisiana State Senate from the 16th district which included parts of Baton Rouge, in 2006. In 2008, he was elected as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 6th congressional district, defeating Democratic incumbent Don Cazayoux. Cassidy was elected to the Senate in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu. He was reelected in 2020.
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