Maxine Waters Biography, Net Worth, Husband, Daughter and Other Facts

Since 1991, Maxine Waters has worked in Congress and is currently the US Representative for California’s 43rd Congressional District. She is considered one of the most powerful women in American politics today. She also served as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and is currently a member of it.

Maxine is the oldest of 12 black women in the United States Congress and over the years she has consistently fought to fulfill the mandate given to her. Calling out leaders and fighting policies that she says aren’t right has been one of Maxine’s ways to hold power to account. We look at biography and other facts.

Biography of Maxine Waters

Maxine Waters was born on August 15, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri to her parents, Remus and Velma Lee Carr Moore. She was born the fifth child of their thirteen children. At the age of two, her father left the family and Maxine was raised alone by her mother.

Her full name at the time of her birth was Maxine Moore Carr. She attended Vashon High School in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated before her family moved in 1961 to Los Angeles, California. Working first in a garment factory and then as a telephone operator, she was later hired as an assistant in Watts’ Head Start program in 1966. Maxine then decided to enroll in California State University, where she eventually earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology..

Maxine Waters has been in and around the political space of the United States for over forty years and continues to go from strength to strength. It all started with her appointment as chief adviser to Councilman David S. Cunningham Jr. in 1973. She also worked there on divestment of state pension funds from companies operating in South Africa then under apartheid. . Maxine would later become Chair of the Assembly’s Democratic Caucus.

In 1990, with over 79% of the popular vote and at least the retirement of Augustus F. Hawkins, Waters was elected to the United States House of Representatives for California’s 29th congressional district. Re-election has been steady for Waters, as the district was renumbered as 35th in 1992 and 43rd in 2012 and winning his seat with at least 70% of the vote.

Net value

Maxine entered the political fray in 1973 in the state of California. She was first elected to Congress in 1990. She earns an annual salary of $170,000 as of 2017. Her net worth is estimated at around $5 million.

husband, daughter

Maxine has been married twice in her life. The first time was Edward Waters in 1956, shortly after graduating from high school. The union with Edward was blessed with two children, a boy and a girl, Edward and Karen Waters. They spent fifteen years together as a couple but divorced in 1972.

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In the years following her divorce, Waters was relationship wise but she soon met Sid Williams. Williams is a former NFL linebacker who played for teams such as the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins and Pittsburgh Steelers. He also served as United States Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

In 2017, Maxine was rumored to have planned to divorce Sid for infidelity, but when asked about it, Williams denied the allegations. The couple remained married but have no children together.

Other facts about Maxine Waters

His twelve siblings were raised by his single mother, Velma Lee Carr Moore.

· Around the time Maxine was 13, she was working as a bus girl at a whites-only restaurant in downtown St. Louis.

She started working at Watts for Head Start, and after helping parents get more federal funds, it made her want to get into politics.

Waters has denied charges against her of improper interference by OneUnited Bank. A bank in which her husband, Sid Williams, is a shareholder. She reportedly approached Treasury officials to help fund the struggling bank for personal gain.

Waters has publicly criticized presidents, including Republican Presidents George HW Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump and even Democratic President Barack Obama.