Editing Chuck Schumer (section)

==Early life and education (1950–1974)==
Schumer was born on November 23, 1950, in [[Midwood, Brooklyn]], the son of Selma (née Rosen) and Abraham Schumer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/schumer.htm|title=schumer|publisher=Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com|access-date=March 18, 2010|archive-date=October 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011000203/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/schumer.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> His father ran an exterminating business, and his mother was a [[Homemaking|homemaker]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/chuck-schumer-speech-_n_1853045.html |title=Chuck Schumer Casts Mitt Romney As Middle Class Exterminator At 2012 Democratic Convention |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=September 5, 2012 |first=Michael |last=McAuliff |access-date=December 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171007205300/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/chuck-schumer-speech-_n_1853045.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2009/07/14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chuck-schumer |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Chuck Schumer |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|date=July 14, 2009 |first=Queenie |last=Wong |access-date=December 23, 2009 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226012453/https://www.usnews.com/news/national/articles/2009/07/14/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-chuck-schumer |url-status=live }}</ref> He and his family are [[Jewish]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.njdc.org/site/page/charles_schumer |title=Jewish Members of Congress: Charles Schumer (Senator, New York) |access-date=November 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205153620/https://www.njdc.org/site/page/charles_schumer |archive-date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> and he is a second cousin, once removed, of comedian [[Amy Schumer]].<ref name="nyt2013">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/arts/television/amy-schumers-comedy-central-show-from-the-inside.html |title=Amy Schumer, Funny Girl |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 18, 2013 |first=Jason |last=Zinoman |access-date=November 21, 2014 |url-access=limited |quote=...{{spaces}}Ms. Schumer, who said she is second cousin to Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York. |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107092819/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/21/arts/television/amy-schumers-comedy-central-show-from-the-inside.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Molyneaux|first=Libby|title=Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl! Amy Schumer|url=http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-03/calendar/make-us-laugh-funny-girl-amy-schumer/|work=[[LA Weekly]]|access-date=September 13, 2012|date=February 3, 2011|quote=He is not my uncle, he is my dad's cousin, I don't even think they are first cousins.|archive-date=February 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210081257/http://www.laweekly.com/2011-02-03/calendar/make-us-laugh-funny-girl-amy-schumer/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/chuck-schumer-amy-schumer-gun-control-120934.html |title=Sen. Schumer enlists famous cousin Amy to pitch guns bill |last=Kim |first=Seung Min |date=June 2, 2018 |work=[[Politico]] |access-date=August 4, 2015 |archive-date=August 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819121829/http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/chuck-schumer-amy-schumer-gun-control-120934.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His ancestors originated from the town of [[Chortkiv]], [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galicia]], in what is now western [[Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://jewishinsider.com/10109/schumer-promises-to-protect-the-jewish-way-of-life/ |title=Schumer Promises to Protect Jewish Way of Life |work=[[Jewish Insider]] |date=December 21, 2016 |first=Jacob |last=Kornbluh |author-link=Jacob Kornbluh |access-date=December 21, 2016 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426015703/http://jewishinsider.com/10109/schumer-promises-to-protect-the-jewish-way-of-life/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Schumer attended Brooklyn public schools, scoring 1600 on the [[SAT]] and graduating as the [[valedictorian]] of [[James Madison High School (Brooklyn)|James Madison High School]] in 1967. He competed for Madison High on the television quiz show ''[[It's Academic]]''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sam|last=Roberts|website=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/nyregion/05debate.html|url-access=limited|title=For Schumer, a Chance to Relive a 1960s Quiz Show|date=March 5, 2007|access-date=March 6, 2007|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222214735/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/05/nyregion/05debate.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He attended [[Harvard College]], where he originally majored in [[chemistry]] before switching to [[social studies]] after volunteering on [[Eugene McCarthy 1968 presidential campaign|Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign]] in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]].<ref>{{cite web |title=College and Law School (1968–1974) |url=https://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-college.html|publisher=United States Senate|access-date=July 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080710112148/https://www.senate.gov/~schumer/SchumerWebsite/about_chuck/time-popups/time-college.html |archive-date=July 10, 2008}}</ref> After graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' and [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1971, Schumer attended [[Harvard Law School]], earning his [[Juris Doctor]] with honors in 1974. He passed the [[New York State Bar Association|New York state bar]] in early 1975, but never practiced law, opting rather for a career in politics.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bruni|first=Frank|author-link=Frank Bruni|title=For Schumer, a Decades-Long Drive Toward a Quest for the Senate|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/26/nyregion/1998-campaign-democrat-for-schumer-decades-long-drive-toward-quest-for-senate.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 26, 1998|access-date=July 18, 2008|url-access=limited|page=A1|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125215251/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/26/nyregion/1998-campaign-democrat-for-schumer-decades-long-drive-toward-quest-for-senate.html|url-status=live}}</ref>