Stacey E. Plaskett
Democrat Delegate of Virgin Islands
Delegate
Virgin Islands
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Delegate
Virgin Islands
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Delegate
Virgin Islands
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Delegate
Virgin Islands
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Delegate
Virgin Islands
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
Delegate
Virgin Islands
January 3, 2025 - January 3, 2027
6
Congresses Served
May 13, 1966 (58 years old)
Birthday
- Serves as the non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the USVI’s at-large congressional district since 2015
- Practiced law in New York City, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Initially a member of the Republican Party and served in the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice under President George W. Bush
- Switched to the Democratic Party in late 2008
- Served as a House manager during the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, the first non-voting House member to do so
- Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, with family roots in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Attended Brooklyn Friends School and Grace Lutheran Elementary, then Choate Rosemary Hall as a boarding student
- Graduated with a degree in history and diplomacy from Georgetown University and received a J.D. degree from the American University Washington College of Law
- Worked as an assistant district attorney in the Bronx and held various legal and consulting positions before entering politics
- Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party primary in 2012 but won the seat in 2014 and has been re-elected since
- Named a House impeachment manager for the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump in 2021
- Appointed as the Ranking Member of the United States House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government in 2023
- Criticized for a controversial comment about Donald Trump in a 2023 MSNBC interview
- Received political donations from Jeffrey Epstein, which she announced she would give away after his arrest in 2019
- Married to Jonathan Buckney Small and has five children
- Involved in various nonprofit boards focusing on education, culture, and community development
- Member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority since 2019