Richard Andrew Gephardt is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005.
25 Facts About Dick Gephardt
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Dick Gephardt ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004.
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Dick Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988,1992,2000,2004, and 2008.
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Dick Gephardt founded a Washington-based public affairs firm, Gephardt Government Affairs, an Atlanta-based labor consultancy, the Gephardt Group, as well as a direct primary care group, SolidaritUS Health.
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Dick Gephardt consults for DLA Piper, FTI Consulting and Goldman Sachs and is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One and co-chair of Issue One's Council for Responsible Social Media with former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey.
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Dick Gephardt graduated from the former Southwest High School in 1958.
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Dick Gephardt is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.
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Dick Gephardt earned his JD at the University of Michigan Law School in 1965.
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Dick Gephardt then entered the Missouri Air National Guard, where he served until 1971.
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Dick Gephardt was elected 13 more times, opting not to run for reelection in 2004.
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Dick Gephardt voted in favor of the bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dick Gephardt was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 presidential election.
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Dick Gephardt became a prolific financial supporter of Democrats around the country in the early 1990s, assembling a team of top fundraising staff who helped him support hundreds of candidates for local and federal office.
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Dick Gephardt announced his second run for president on January 5,2003.
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Dick Gephardt's campaign was notable for the high-profile coming out of his daughter Chrissy in People magazine, while she was helping him on the campaign trail, a subject they discussed in interviews for the 2007 documentary film For the Bible Tells Me So; he has continued to be an outspoken advocate for gay rights since the campaign.
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Dick Gephardt was initially extremely critical of the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v Wade ruling that legalized abortion.
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Dick Gephardt voted for Ronald Reagan's tax cuts in 1981; in the 2000s he became a staunch opponent of similar tax cuts by President George W Bush, saying that the enormous surplus created during the administration of Bill Clinton should have been spent on health care instead.
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Dick Gephardt was an early supporter of the war, and cosponsor of the authorization resolution.
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Dick Gephardt joined the international law firm DLA Piper as strategic advisor in the government affairs practice group from June 2005 to December 2009.
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Dick Gephardt served on the board of directors of the Embarq Corporation from June 2007 to July 1,2009, when he became a member of the board of directors of CenturyLink, Embarq's successor corporation.
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Dick Gephardt serves as a director of Centene Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.
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Dick Gephardt was mentioned during the summer of 2008 as a possible vice-presidential choice for eventual nominee Senator Barack Obama.
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Dick Gephardt has been significantly involved with the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
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Dick Gephardt is a labor consultant for Spirit Aerosystems and sits on its board of directors.
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Dick Gephardt did not change its contract offer significantly after this rejection and relations with its workforce have been contentious ever since.