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Senate Years of Service: 1987-2005 Party: Democrat
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
and Democratic caucus
chairman (1995-June 6, 2001; 2003-2005); majority leader and Democratic caucus
chairman (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subsequently withdrawn.
BibliographyDaschle, Tom, with Charles Robbins.
The U.S. Senate: Fundamentals of American Government. New
York: St. Martins Press, 2013; Daschle, Tom, with Scott S. Greenberger and
Jeanne M. Lambrew.
Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis. New
York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008; Daschle, Tom, with Michael DOrso.
Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years that Changed
America Forever. New York: Crown Publishers, 2003.
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