Kelly Ann Ayotte is an American politician and the junior United States senator from New Hampshire, serving since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, as of 2013 she is the only Republican in New Hampshire's four-member congressional delegation. She is also the youngest of the 20 female Senators, and the seventh-youngest overall. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Ayotte is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and Villanova University School of Law. She worked as a law clerk for the New Hampshire Supreme Court before entering private practice. She also worked as a prosecutor for the New Hampshire Department of Justice, and briefly served as the legal counsel to New Hampshire governor Craig Benson, before returning to the Department of Justice to serve as deputy attorney general of New Hampshire. In June 2004, Governor Benson appointed Ayotte as attorney general of New Hampshire, after the resignation of Peter Heed. She became New Hampshire's first woman attorney general, serving from 2004 to 2009, after she was twice reappointed by Democratic governor John Lynch. In July 2009, Ayotte resigned as attorney general to pursue a bid for the U.S. 

June 27th, 1968 in Nashua (Age 56)