Dick Gephardt

Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is an American politician. He served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003.

He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008.

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Other websites

Richard A. Gephardt Institute for Public Service  at Washington University in St. Louis

Booknotes interview with Gephardt on An Even Better Place: America in the 21st Century, August 1, 1999.

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