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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 as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 under President Joe Biden. She was the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official ...
The next shortest is Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 election and is 5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (164 cm). The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the candidates whose heights are known) was in the 1860 election , when Abraham Lincoln stood 12 inches (30 cm) taller than opponent Stephen A. Douglas.
Harris confirmed her height in an interview with "Today" host Katie Couric earlier this year. "I am 5’4" and a quarter — sometimes 5’4" and a half," Harris told Couric.
Harris’ parents, Donald J. Harris and Shyamala Gopalan, married in 1963 and welcomed daughter Kamala in 1964, followed by daughter Maya in 1967, according to the New York Times. They moved from ...
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]
Here, take a look back at Kamala Harris's life in photos—and see where her roots are: 1964. A baby Kamala Harris is fed by her mom, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. "At twenty-five years old, Mommy had ...
Vice President Kamala Harris visits the house she lived in with her parents from age 3 to 5 in Madison, Wis., when her parents worked at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This is a list of vice presidents of the United States by age. The first table charts the age of each vice president of the United States at the time of that person's inauguration (first inauguration if that person was elected to multiple and consecutive terms), at the time that that person left office, and at the time of that person's death.