Frederica Wilson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Frederica Wilson

U.S. Representative from Florida

Date of Birth: 05-Nov-1942

Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, United States

Profession: politician, head teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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Frederica Smith Wilson (born Frederica Patricia Smith, November 5, 1942) is a politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011.
Located in South Florida, Wilson's congressional district—numbered the 17th during her first two years in Congress, and the 24th since 2013—is a majority African-American district that includes the southern parts of Broward County and the eastern parts of Miami-Dade County.
Included within the district are Opa-locka, Hollywood, Miramar, and North Miami.
She gained national attention in early 2012 as a result of her high-profile comments on the death of Trayvon Martin.Wilson is a member of the Democratic Party.
The seat she was elected to became available when the incumbent Kendrick Meek ran for a seat in the Senate in 2010. Wilson is known for her large and colorful hats, of which she owns several hundred.
She has gone through efforts to get Congress to lift its ban on head coverings during House sessions, which dates back to 1837.