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Representative Mary E. Flowers (D) - Previous General Assembly (97th)
31st District

Photograph of  Representative  Mary E. Flowers (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 31st District
251-E Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-4207
(217) 782-1130 FAX
 
District Office:
2525 W. 79th Street
Chicago, IL 60652
(773) 471-5200
(773) 471-1036 FAX

Years served: 1985 - Present

Committee assignments: Agriculture & Conservation; Small Business Empowerment & Workfo; Higher Education; Human Services; Health Care Availability Access (Chairperson); Environmental Health; Appropriations-Higher Education; Health & Healthcare Disparities.

Biography: Full-time state legislator; born July 31, 1951, in Inverness, MS; attended Kennedy King Community College; University of Illinois-Chicago Circle; received 1993 "Legislator of the Year" award from Illinois Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Association; married (husband, Daniel Coutee), has one daughter (Makeda).

Associated Representative(s): Jacqueline Y. Collins