Answer the following question: What key details about tom vilsack can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: thomas james '' tom '' vilsack -lrb- ; born december 13 , 1950 -rrb- is an american politician who has served as the united states secretary of agriculture since 2009 . a member of the iowa democratic party , vilsack served as the 40th governor of iowa from 1999 to 2007 . on november 30 , 2006 , he formally launched his candidacy for the democratic party 's nomination for president of the united states in the 2008 election , but ended his bid on february 23 , 2007 . barack obama announced vilsack 's selection to be secretary of agriculture under his administration on december 17 , 2008 . vilsack 's nomination was confirmed by the united states senate by unanimous consent on january 20 , 2009 .
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- president is barack obama- party is democratic- deputy is kathleen merrigan krysta harden- predecessor is ed schafer terry branstad jack w. hester unknown- lieutenant is sally pederson- birth date is 13 december 1950- order is 40th governor of iowa mayor of mount pleasant- state senate is iowa- spouse is christie bell -lrb- 1973 -- present -rrb-- office is 30th united states secretary of agriculture- district is 49th- term end is january 12 , 2007 january 11 , 1999 1992- name is tom vilsack- birth place is pittsburgh , pennsylvania , u.s.- signature is tom vilsack signature.svg- successor is chet culver mark s. shearer unknown- alma mater is hamilton college , new york albany law school- children is 2- term start is january 11 , 1993 1987 21 , 2009 january 15 , 1999 january- image is tom vilsack , official usda photo portrait.jpg- religion is roman catholicism