Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky

Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky is a retired television journalist and former congresswoman for Pennsylvania, serving from 1993 to 1995. She is the wife of convicted businessman and fellow former congressman Edward Mezvinsky, and the mother of Marc Mezvinsky, the husband of Chelsea Clinton.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000129

The wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky was held on Saturday, July 31, 2010. The lavish event with a guest list of about 500, was held at the sprawling Astor Courts estate, located about 90 miles north of New York City in the village of Rhinebeck, New York.http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/99607999.html?cmpid=15585797http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704702304575403731147934058.html

Marjorie Margolies served as an Emmy Award-winning journalist when she met and interviewed Iowa congressman Edward Maurice Mezvinsky in 1970s. They married, and after he lost a big for re-election in 1976, the couple moved to her native Pennsylvania. In 1992, she ran for Congress and was elected, serving for one term. She cast the deciding vote for Bill Clinton's unpopular budget, widely believed to be the reason she lost the next election.http://www.silkentent.com/Letters/L020227.html

In 2001, Edward Mezvinsky was arrested for 69 charges of fraud. He was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to serve almost seven years in prison. Although she was never implicated in her husband's business dealings, Margolies-Mezvinsky was forced to declare bankruptcy.http://www.silkentent.com/Letters/L020227.html

As a single woman, she adopted two children, a girl from Korea and a second girl from Vietnam. At the time, she was the first single woman in the United States to adopt a child from another country. With Edward Mezvinsky, the family grew to a total of 11 children, including four Edward Mezvinsky had from his first marriage, two sons together and three additional sons adopted from Vietnam.http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=153