Mike Quigley was born on October 17, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is married and has two children. He earned his B.A. in 1981 in Political Science from Roosevelt University, his M.P.P in 1985 from the University of Chicago, and his J.D. from Loyola University in Chicago in 1989. Mike Quigley was on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1998-2009 and was elected to the U.S. House in 2009.