Thomas Carper

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Thomas Carper
U.S. Junior Senator, Delaware

Party	Democratic
Assumed office (class 1) January 3, 2001 Serving with Joe Biden
Preceded by	William V. Roth, Jr.
Committees	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Commerce, Science, and Transportation Environment and Public Works Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Born	January 23, 1947
Spouse	Martha Ann Stacy
Religion	Presbyterian

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Thomas "Tom" Carper (born January 23, 1947, Beckley, W.Va) was elected to the Senate in 2000, defeating then-Senate Finance Chairman Bill Roth. A Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and economist, Carper has also served two terms as Delaware's governor and five terms as its at-large representative in Congress. In 2002 Carper was named Chair for Best Practices of the Democratic Leadership Council.

1 Education
2 Military
3 Political history
4 Committees
5 Contact Information
6 GovTrack link
7 External Links
8 Related areas

Education

attended public schools
graduated, Whetstone High School, Columbus, Ohio 1964
B.A., Ohio State University, Columbus 1968
University of Delaware, Newark, M.B.A. 1975

Military

served in the United States Navy 1968-1973
Naval Reserve, commander, 1973 to present

Political history

Delaware State treasurer 1976-1983
served U.S. House, 1983-1993
governor of Delaware 1993-2001 (two terms)
served U.S. Senate, 2000- term ends 2007
- Vice-Chair of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)

Committees

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Special Committee on Aging

Contact Information

GovTrack link

GovTrack: Thomas Carper

External Links

Tom Carper senate website (U.S. Congress)
CARPER, Thomas Richard, (1947 - ) (Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress)
Senator Thomas R. Carper (Contacting the Congress)
2001-2006 Profile (OpenSecrets.org)
Senator Thomas Richard Carper (DE) (Project Vote Smart)
Tom Carper (Democrat Jr Senator) On the issues (On the Issues)

Related areas

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Delaware

President: 2004, 2008

Congress: DE-Sen, DE-AL

State: DE-Gov, Delaware Senate, Delaware House, Delaware elections, 2008, Delaware election results

Counties: Kent, New Castle, Sussex

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