LC control no. | n 80055560 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Daschle, Thomas |
Variant(s) | Daschle, Tom |
Birth date | 19471209 |
Place of birth | Aberdeen, S.D. |
Affiliation | South Dakota State University United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators |
Found in | U.S. Congress. House. Committee on House Admin. Dismissing the election ... 1979 (subj) t.p. (Thomas Daschle; Democratic candidate, First Cong. District of South Dakota) Florida vote certification reaction, c2000: caption (Sen. Tom Daschle, D-SD) container (Daschle, Thomas A.) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, Apr. 25, 2013 (Daschle, Thomas Andrew, a Representative and a Senator from South Dakota; born in Aberdeen, S. Dak. on December 9, 1947; attended private and public schools; graduated South Dakota State University 1969; served in the United States Air Force 1969-1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978 and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1987); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1986; reelected in 1992 and 1998 and served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 2005; co-chair, Democratic Policy Committee, Democratic Conference (1989-1999); minority leader (1995-June 6, 2001; 2003-2005); majority leader (June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2004; nominated by President Barack Obama to be Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2009, nomination subsequently withdrawn) |
Associated language | eng |