Stephen F. Lynch

He married Margaret Shaughnessy in 1992. They raise two girls, their daughter Victoria and a niece, Crystal.

He was one of the six children of Francis and Anne Lynch. The only son of his parents, he was raised with five sisters. His father was an ironworker while his mother worked at the post-office.

A hard worker from childhood, he began working in construction alongside his father from high school. He graduated from high school in 1973 and became an apprentice ironworker.

As an ironworker he worked at various structural ironwork projects throughout the United States for several companies including General Motors and U.S. Steel.

He was an active participant in the Iron Workers Union from the early 1980s. He was elected president of the union at the age of 30 - the youngest in the union's history.

He worked during the daytime and spent his nights and weekends attending classes at the Wentworth Institute of Technology from where he graduated in 1988 with a bachelors degree in construction management.

He enrolled at the Boston College Law School to study law and graduated with a J.D. in 1991 and was admitted to both the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Bar. He worked with Gabriel O. Dumont, Jr. in representing labor unions and unemployed workers.

As a lawyer he also worked at the Boston Housing Authority representing housing project residents. He had political aspirations and was encouraged by his friends to run for office.

He has been serving as a Representative in United States House of Representatives since 2001. Due to his experience as an ironworker and a lawyer he is very understanding towards the issues faced by the American working class and has undertaken several steps to improve the quality of life of the common people.