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Lois Capps

Politician

Lois Capps is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Lois Capps · לויס קאפס · لوئیس کپس · لويس كاپس · ロイス・キャプス · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Aloisia Capps · Capps, Lois · Lois Grimsrud Capps · Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud · Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud Capps · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Capps · ロイス・キャップス				[sources]
Birth date	1938-01-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Ladysmith				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Lois · Ragnhild				[sources]
Last name	Capps · Grimsrud				[sources]
Website	capps.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q459693				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 11 more...				[sources]
Education	Flathead High School (-1955) · Pacific Lutheran University (-1959) · University of California, Santa Barbara (-1990) · Yale Divinity School · Yale University (-1964)				[sources]
Religion	Lutheranism				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-15	Last processed	2025-11-12	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician and writer

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-07-15

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2005	2007
United States representative	2013-01-06

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Every Politician57,893

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US Members of the Congress1,334

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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