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Richard A. Gephardt is former Congressman from Missouri. Congressman Gephardt a St. Louis native was first elected to Congress in 1976.
In 1984 Gephardt was elected Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus the fourth-ranking Leadership position in the House. In 1987 he became the first democratic candidate to enter the 1988 presidential race where he won the Iowa Democratic Caucus and helped frame the economic issues that dominated the election. In 1989 he was elected by his colleagues in the House to serve as their Majority Leader. In 1994 Congressman Gephardt was elected by his colleagues to serve as the House Democratic Leader the top Democratic Leadership position in the House. His fourteenth term in the House of Representatives expired in 2005.
Mr. Gephardt is a graduate of Northwestern University andof the University of Michigan Law School. He is currently a consultant to Goldman Sachs and Senior Counsel at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary. He also holds a consulting position with Anheuser Busch Companies in St. Louis Missiouri.
He has been married to Jane Gephardt for 38 years and they are the parents of three children: Matt a software developer; Chrissy a Democratic activist; and Kate a teacher. | 