Tom Daschle

South Dakota politician

Tom Daschle

File:Tom Daschle, official Senate photo.jpg

Official portrait, 2003

Senate Majority Leader
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Deputy| Harry Reid
Preceded by| Trent Lott
Succeeded by| Bill Frist
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Deputy| Harry Reid
Preceded by| Trent Lott
Succeeded by| Trent Lott
Senate Minority Leader
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Deputy| Harry Reid
Preceded by| Trent Lott
Succeeded by| Harry Reid
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Deputy| Harry Reid
Preceded by| Trent Lott
Succeeded by| Trent Lott
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Deputy| Wendell Ford
Harry Reid
Preceded by| Bob Dole
Succeeded by| Trent Lott
Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by| George J. Mitchell
Succeeded by| Harry Reid
United States Senator
from South Dakota
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by| James Abdnor
Succeeded by| John Thune
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Dakota
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by| Larry Pressler
Succeeded by| Tim Johnson
Constituency| 1st district (1979-1983)
At-large district (1983-1987)
Personal details
Born|

Thomas Andrew Daschle

(1947-12-09) December 9, 1947 (age 78)
Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S.
Political party| Democratic
Spouse(s)|

Laurie Fulton

(m. 1969; div. 1983)​

Linda Hall

(m. 1984)​

Children| 3
Education| South Dakota State University (BA)
Military service
Allegiance|  United States
Branch/service|  United States Air Force
Years of service| 1969–1972
Unit| Strategic Air Command
Battles/wars| Vietnam War

Thomas Andrew Daschle (/ˈdæʃəl/ DASH-əl; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 and later the Majority Leader in 2001.

After leaving the United States Air Force, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1978 and served four terms. In 1986, he was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming Minority Leader in 1995 and Majority Leader in 2001, becoming the highest-ranking elected official in South Dakota history.

In 2004, he was defeated for reelection in a remarkable upset.[1] Later, he took a position as a policy advisor with a lobbying firm, became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and co-authored a book advocating universal health care.

Daschle was an early supporter of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, and was nominated by President-elect Obama for the position of Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after the 2008 election.[2] However, Daschle withdrew his name on February 3, 2009, amid a growing controversy over his failure to properly report and pay income taxes.[3] He is currently working for The Daschle Group, a Public Policy Advisory of Baker Donelson,[4] a large law firm and lobbying group.

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 House of Representatives (1979–1987)
* 3 United States Senate (1987–2005)
* 3.1 Party leadership
* 3.2 Anthrax case in 2001
* 3.3 Views on abortion
* 3.4 2004 Senate election
* 4 Post-Senate career and Controversies
* 4.1 Career and public service and Ethics Controversies
* 4.2 Obama campaign
* 4.3 Obama administration nomination
* 4.3.1 Withdrawal
* 4.4 Health policy
* 4.5 9/11
* 5 Personal life
* 6 See also
* 7 Notes
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Daschle was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the son of Elizabeth B. (née Meier) and Sebastian C. Daschle, both of German descent. His paternal grandparents were Volga Germans.[5] He grew up in a working-class Roman Catholic family, the eldest of four brothers.[Note 1][7]

He became the first person in his family to graduate from college when he earned a B.A. from the Department of Political Science at South Dakota State University in 1969. While attending South Dakota State University, Daschle became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega. From 1969 to 1972, Daschle served in the United States Air Force as an intelligence officer with the Strategic Air Command.[8]

In the mid-1970s Daschle was an aide to Senator James Abourezk.

## House of Representatives (1979–1987)[edit | edit source]

In 1978 Daschle was elected to the United States House of Representatives at the age of 31, winning the race by a margin of 139 votes, following a recount, out of more than 129,000 votes cast.[9] Daschle served four terms in the House of Representatives and quickly became a part of the Democratic leadership.

Although Daschle was not seeking the Vice-Presidency, he received 10 (0.30%) delegate votes for Vice President of the United States at the 1980 Democratic National Convention.[10] Several others also received protest votes, but incumbent Vice President Walter Mondale was nevertheless renominated easily.

## United States Senate (1987–2005)[edit | edit source]

File:Daschle Portrait.jpg

Official Senate portrait by Aaron Shikler

In 1986, Daschle was elected to the U.S. Senate in a close victory over incumbent Republican James Abdnor. In his first year, he was appointed to the Finance Committee.

### Party leadership[edit | edit source]

In 1994, he was chosen by his colleagues to succeed the retiring Senator George Mitchell as Democratic minority leader. In the history of the Senate, only Lyndon B. Johnson had served fewer years before being elected to lead his party. In addition to the minority leader's post, Daschle served as a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. South Dakotans reelected Daschle to the Senate by overwhelming margins in 1998.

At various points in his career, he served on the Veterans Affairs, Indian Affairs, Finance, and Ethics Committees.

When the 107th Congress commenced on January 3, 2001, the Senate was evenly divided—that is, there were 50 Democrats and 50 Republicans. Outgoing Vice President Al Gore acted in his constitutional capacity as ex officio President of the Senate, and used his tie-breaking vote to give the Democrats the majority in that chamber. For the next two weeks, Daschle served as Senate Majority Leader.

Upon the commencement of the Bush administration on January 20, 2001, Dick Cheney became president of the senate, thereby returning Democrats to the minority in that body; Daschle reverted to the position of Senate Minority Leader. However, on June 6, 2001, Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont announced that he was leaving the Senate Republican caucus to become an independent and to caucus with Democrats;[11] this once again returned control of the body to the Democrats and Daschle again became majority leader.

External video

Booknotes interview with Daschle on Like No Other Time, November 30, 2003, C-SPAN

Democratic losses in the November 2002 elections returned the party to the minority in the senate in January 2003, and Daschle once more reverted to being minority leader.

Daschle recounted his senate experiences from 2001 to 2003 in his first book, Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever, published in 2003.[12] With Charles Robbins, he has also written the book The U.S. Senate, part of the Fundamentals of American Government series.[13]

### Anthrax case in 2001[edit | edit source]

In October 2001, while he was the Senate Majority Leader, Daschle's office received a letter containing anthrax, becoming a target of the 2001 anthrax attacks.[14] Some of his staffers were confirmed to have been exposed,[14] as well as several of Senator Russ Feingold's staffers and Capitol police officers.[15] His suite at the Hart Senate Office Building was the focus of an intensive cleanup led by the Environmental Protection Agency.[16]

### Views on abortion[edit | edit source]

Daschle has a mixed voting record on abortion-related issues, which led the pro-choice organization NARAL to give him a 50% vote rating.[17]

In 1999 and 2003, Daschle voted in favor of the ban on partial-birth abortion,[18][19] and supported legislation making it a crime to harm an unborn child when someone attacks a pregnant woman.[20] (Investigators into the 2001 anthrax attacks, which included Senator Daschle's Capitol Hill office, suspect that alleged anthrax mailer Bruce Ivins may have chosen to target Daschle over his views on abortion, although Ivins's lawyer disputed this alleged motive.)[21]

In 2003, Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Carlson reportedly wrote to Daschle, criticizing his stance on abortion as conflicting with Roman Catholic teaching, and stating that Daschle should no longer identify himself as a Catholic.[22]

### 2004 Senate election[edit | edit source]

Main article: 2004 United States Senate election in South Dakota

In the 2004 Senate election, John Thune defeated Daschle by 4,508 votes, 50.6% to 49.4%.[23] It was the first time that a Senate party leader had lost a bid for reelection since 1952, when Barry Goldwater defeated Ernest McFarland in Arizona.[24] Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist visited South Dakota to campaign for Thune, breaking an unwritten tradition that a leader of one party would not actively campaign for the defeat of the other.[citation needed]

Throughout the campaign, Thune, along with Frist, President George W. Bush, and Vice President Cheney, frequently accused Daschle of being the "chief obstructionist" of Bush's agenda and charged him with using filibusters to unjustly block confirmation of several of Bush's nominees. The Republican candidate also drove home his strong support for the war. In a nationally televised debate on NBC's Meet the Press, Thune accused Daschle of "emboldening the enemy" in his skepticism of the Iraq War.[25]

When the race began in early 2004, Daschle led by 7% in January and February. By May, his lead was just 2% and summer polls showed a varying number of trends: Daschle or Thune led by no more than 2%, but some polls showed a tie. Throughout September, Daschle led Thune by margins of 2–5% while during the entire month of October into the November 2 election, most polls showed that Thune and Daschle were dead even, usually tied 49–49 among likely voters. Some polls showed either Thune or Daschle leading by extremely slim margins.[26]

## Post-Senate career and Controversies[edit | edit source]

### Career and public service and Ethics Controversies[edit | edit source]

Following his reelection defeat, Daschle took a position with the lobbying arm of the K Street law firm Alston & Bird. Because he was prohibited by law from lobbying for one year after leaving the Senate,[27] he instead worked as a "special policy adviser" for the firm.[28][29]

Alston & Bird's healthcare clients include CVS Caremark, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Abbott Laboratories, and HealthSouth.[30] The firm was paid $5.8 million between January and September 2008 to represent companies and associations before Congress and the executive branch, with 60% of that money coming from the healthcare industry.[31] Daschle was recruited by the former Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.[32] Daschle's salary from Alston & Bird for the year 2008 was reportedly $2 million.[33]

Daschle was also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. In addition, he served as National Co-Chair of ONE Vote ‘08, along with former senator Bill Frist. He and former senators George Mitchell, Bob Dole, and Howard Baker formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC), dedicated to finding bipartisan solutions for policy disputes.[8] Daschle is also a co-chair of BPC's Health Project.

In 2003, Daschle received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Senator Bill Frist.[34][35][36]

In May 2005, South Dakota State University, Daschle's alma mater, conferred upon him an honorary doctorate for public service.[37] In May 2011, Daschle was further honored with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Northern State University in his hometown of Aberdeen.

In late September 2005, Daschle caught the attention of the media by reactivating his political action committee, changing its name from DASHPAC to New Leadership for America PAC and procuring a speaking slot at the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. He continued to keep a relatively high-profile among Democratic interest groups. These moves were interpreted by the media as an exploration of a potential 2008 Presidential candidacy. On December 2, 2006, he announced he would not run for president in 2008.[38]

In an appearance on Meet the Press on February 12, 2006, Daschle endorsed a controversial warrantless surveillance program conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA), explaining that he had been briefed on the program while he was the Democratic leader in the Senate.[39]

In addition, Senator Daschle is a member of the board of trustees for the Richard C. Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley.[40] The center is focused on finding solutions to address the crisis of extreme poverty and disease in the developing world.[41]

Tom Daschle is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today's national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with heads of Government on governance-related issues of concern to them.

Daschle also served as vice chair of the board of directors of National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.[42]

Daschle is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.[43]

Daschle is the co-chair of the national advisory board at the National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD). The institute was created at the University of Arizona after the 2011 shooting of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords that killed six people and wounded 13 others.

In 2019, Daschle was named to the advisory board of Northern Swan Holdings Inc., a cannabis investment firm.[44] Said Daschle: "I believe it is imperative to loosen the restrictions on cannabis so we can research its properties and fully understand how patients can benefit from its medicinal use."[45] In 2020, Daschle endorsed Constitutional Amendment A, a ballot initiative to legalize cannabis for recreational use in South Dakota.[46] In a 2021 op-ed, Daschle co-wrote an op-ed for The Hill criticizing proposed cuts to pandemic preparedness programs, describing them as "unthinkable" in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.[47]

### Obama campaign[edit | edit source]

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Daschle speaks during the third night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

On February 21, 2007, the Associated Press reported that Daschle, after ruling out a presidential bid of his own in December 2006, had thrown his support behind Senator Barack Obama of Illinois for the 2008 presidential election, saying that Obama "personifies the future of Democratic leadership in our country."[48]

In January 2005, having suggested that Obama take on some of his staffers, Daschle exited the Senate just as Obama entered.[49] These included Daschle's outgoing chief-of-staff Pete Rouse who helped to create a two-year plan in the Senate that would fast-track Obama for the presidential nomination. Daschle himself told Obama in 2006 that "windows of opportunity for running for the presidency close quickly. And that he should not assume, if he passes up this window, that there will be another."[49]

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Daschle served as a key advisor to Obama and one of the national co-chairs for Obama's campaign.[50] On June 3, 2008, Obama lost to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary in Daschle's home state of South Dakota, although that night Obama clinched his party's nomination anyway.

Two days later, sources indicated Daschle "is interested in universal health care and might relish serving as HHS secretary."[51] In the general election campaign, Daschle continued to consult Obama, campaign for him across swing states, and advise his campaign organization until Obama was ultimately elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008.

### Obama administration nomination[edit | edit source]

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Daschle, standing with then-President-elect Barack Obama, speaks to reporters after the announcement of his selection to be Obama's nominee for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. (December 11, 2008)

On November 19, 2008, the press reported that Daschle had accepted Obama's offer to be nominated for Health and Human Services Secretary. His selection was announced at a news conference with Obama on December 11, 2008.[2]

Some organizations objected to Daschle's selection, arguing that his work at Alston & Bird was tantamount to lobbying and therefore his selection violated Obama's promise to keep special interests out of the White House. According to Ellen Miller, executive director of the Sunlight Foundation, Daschle technically complies with the transition rules against lobbyists but "many power brokers never register as lobbyists, but they are every bit as powerful."[52] Stephanie Cutter, a spokeswoman for the Obama transition, responded that Daschle's work "does not represent a bar to his service in the transition" since "he was not a lobbyist, and he will recuse himself from any work that presents a conflict of interest."[52] Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, praised Daschle on his nomination to Secretary of Health and Human Services for his "deep commitment to securing high-quality, affordable health care for everyone in our nation."[53]

When Daschle was officially nominated for his Cabinet position on January 20, 2009,[54] confirmation by the Senate was required. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a confirmation hearing for Daschle on January 8, 2009.[54][55] A second Senate committee, the Finance Committee, also traditionally reviews HHS Secretary nominees; the committee discussed his nomination behind closed doors on February 2, 2009.[56][57]

#### Withdrawal[edit | edit source]

On January 30, 2009, it was reported that Daschle's friendship and business partnership with businessman Leo Hindery could cause problems for Daschle's Senate confirmation. Daschle has been a paid consultant and advisor to Hindery's InterMedia Partners since 2005, during which time he received from Hindery access to a limousine and chauffeur. Daschle reportedly did not declare this service on his annual tax forms as required by law. A spokeswoman for Daschle said that he "simply and probably naively" considered the use of the car and driver "a generous offer" from Hindery, "a longtime friend."[33][56][58][59] Daschle told the Senate Finance Committee that in June 2008—just as he was letting the press know he would like to be HHS secretary in an Obama administration[51]—that "something made him think that the car service might be taxable" and he began seeking to remedy the situation.[60]

Daschle reportedly also did not pay taxes on an additional $83,333 that he earned as a consultant to InterMedia Partners in 2007; this was discovered by Senator Daschle's accountant in December 2008.[60] According to ABC News, Daschle also took tax deductions for $14,963 in donations that he made between 2005 and 2007 to charitable organizations that did not meet the requirements for being tax deductible.[61]

The former senator paid the three years of owed taxes and interest—an amount totaling $140,167—in January 2009,[58][59][60][62] but still reportedly owed "Medicare taxes equal to 2.9 percent" of the value of the car service he received, amounting to "thousands of dollars in additional unpaid taxes."[63]

On February 3, 2009, Daschle withdrew his nomination,[64] saying that he did not wish to be a "distraction" to the Obama agenda.[3]

### Health policy[edit | edit source]

Daschle co-wrote the 2008 book Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis ISBN 9780312383015.[65] He and his co-authors point out that "most of the world’s highest-ranking health-care systems employ some kind of 'single-payer' strategy – that is, the government, directly or through insurers, is responsible for paying doctors, hospitals, and other health-care providers." They argue that a single-payer approach is simple, equitable, provides everyone with the same benefits, and saves billions of dollars through economies of scale and simplified administration. They concede that implementing a single-payer system in the United States would be "politically problematic" even though some polls show more satisfaction with the single-payer Medicare system than private insurance.[66]

A key element of the single-payer plan that Daschle and his co-authors propose in the book is a new "Federal Health Board" that would establish the framework and fill in the details. The board would somehow be simultaneously "insulated from political pressure" and "accountable to elected officials and the American people." The board would "promote 'high-value' medical care by recommending coverage of those drugs and procedures backed by solid evidence."[67] This proposal has been criticized by conservatives and libertarians who argue that such a board will lead to rationing of health care,[68][69] and by progressives who believe the board will, as one writer put it, "get defanged by lobbyists immediately."[70]

One of Daschle's co-authors, Jeanne Lambrew, had been slated before his withdrawal to serve as his deputy in the White House Office of Health Reform.[69]

Daschle also served as a panelist on the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense, a body that recommended changes to U.S. policy to strengthen national biodefense.[71] In order to address biological threats facing the nation, the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense created a 33 step initiative for the U.S. Government to implement. Headed by former senator Joe Lieberman and former governor Tom Ridge, the Study Panel assembled in Washington, D.C., for four meetings concerning current biodefense programs. The Study Panel concluded that the federal government had little to no defense mechanisms in case of a biological event. The Study Panel's final report, The National Blueprint for Biodefense, proposes a string of solutions and recommendations for the U.S. Government to take, including items such as giving the vice president authority over biodefense responsibilities and merging the entire biodefense budget. These solutions represent the Panel's call to action in order to increase awareness and activity for pandemic related issues.

### 9/11[edit | edit source]

Daschle claims he was asked by vice president Dick Cheney "not to investigate" the events of 9/11.[72]

He told reporters, "the vice president expressed the concern that a review of what happened on September 11 would take resources and personnel away from the effort in the war on terrorism. I acknowledged that concern, and it is for that reason that the Intelligence Committee is going to begin this effort, trying to limit the scope and the overall review of what happened. But clearly, I think the American people are entitled to know what happened and why."[73]

## Personal life[edit | edit source]

Daschle has been married to Linda Hall, who was Miss Kansas in 1976, since 1984, one year after his marriage to his first wife, Laurie, later-U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, ended in divorce.[74]

Hall was acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in the Clinton administration; she is now a Washington lobbyist. Her lobbying clients have included American Airlines, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing, Senate lobbying records show.[30][31]

Tom Daschle has three children from his first marriage: Kelly, Nathan, and Lindsay. Nathan is the CEO of Ruck.us and former executive director of the Democratic Governors Association.[75]

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States

## Notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ As a result of controversy surrounding Daschle's views on abortion, he was ordered by his bishop in 2003 to stop identifying as Catholic.[6]

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## External links[edit | edit source]

* Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
* Alston + Bird – Biography of Senator Daschle
* Appearances on C-SPAN

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U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

Larry Pressler

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Dakota's 1st congressional district
1979–1983  | Constituency abolished
New constituency |  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Dakota's at-large congressional district
1983–1987  | Succeeded by

Tim Johnson

Party political offices
Preceded by

Robert Byrd, Alan Cranston, Al Gore, Gary Hart, Bennett Johnston, Ted Kennedy, Tip O'Neill, Don Riegle, Paul Sarbanes, Jim Sasser

|  Response to the State of the Union address
1983
Served alongside: Les AuCoin, Joe Biden, Bill Bradley, Robert Byrd, Bill Hefner, Barbara B. Kennelly, George Miller, Tip O'Neill, Paul Simon, Paul Tsongas, Tim Wirth | Succeeded by

Max Baucus, Joe Biden, David L. Boren, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd, Dante Fascell, Bill Gray, Tom Harkin, Dee Huddleston, Carl Levin, Tip O'Neill, Claiborne Pell

Preceded by

Bill Clinton
Bob Graham
Tip O'Neill

|  Response to the State of the Union address
1986
Served alongside: Bill Gray, George J. Mitchell, Chuck Robb, Harriett Woods | Succeeded by

Robert Byrd
Jim Wright

Preceded by

George McGovern

|  Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from South Dakota
(Class 3)
1986, 1992, 1998, 2004 | Vacant

Title next held by

Jay Williams
Preceded by

Robert Byrd

|  Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee
1989–1999
Served alongside: George Mitchell, Harry Reid | Succeeded by

Byron Dorgan

Preceded by

George Mitchell

|  Senate Democratic Leader
1995–2005  | Succeeded by

Harry Reid

Preceded by

Susan Collins
Bill Frist

|  Response to the State of the Union address
2001
Served alongside: Dick Gephardt | Succeeded by

Dick Gephardt

Preceded by

Gary Locke

|  Response to the State of the Union address
2004
Served alongside: Nancy Pelosi | Succeeded by

Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid

U.S. Senate
Preceded by

James Abdnor

|  U.S. Senator (Class 3) from South Dakota
1987–2005
Served alongside: Larry Pressler, Tim Johnson | Succeeded by

John Thune

Preceded by

Bob Dole

|  Senate Minority Leader
1995–2001  | Succeeded by

Trent Lott

Preceded by

Trent Lott

|  Senate Minority Leader
2001
Senate Majority Leader
2001–2003  | Succeeded by

Bill Frist

Senate Minority Leader
2003–2005  | Succeeded by

Harry Reid

U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by

Trent Lott

as Former US Senate Majority Leader |  Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Senate Majority Leader | Succeeded by

Bill Frist

as Former US Senate Majority Leader

* v
* t
* e

Democratic Party

* History
* Second Party System
* Third Party System
* Fourth Party System
* Fifth Party System
* Sixth Party System

National
conventions
and
presidential
tickets|

* 1828 (None): Jackson/Calhoun
* 1832 (Baltimore): Jackson/Van Buren
* 1835 (Baltimore): Van Buren/R. Johnson
* 1840 (Baltimore): Van Buren/None
* 1844 (Baltimore): Polk/Dallas
* 1848 (Baltimore): Cass/Butler
* 1852 (Baltimore): Pierce/King
* 1856 (Cincinnati): Buchanan/Breckinridge
* 1860 (Charleston/Baltimore): Douglas/H. Johnson (Breckinridge/Lane, SD)
* 1864 (Chicago): McClellan/Pendleton
* 1868 (New York): Seymour/Blair
* 1872 (Baltimore): Greeley/Brown
* 1876 (Saint Louis): Tilden/Hendricks
* 1880 (Cincinnati): Hancock/English
* 1884 (Chicago): Cleveland/Hendricks
* 1888 (Saint Louis): Cleveland/Thurman
* 1892 (Chicago): Cleveland/Stevenson I
* 1896 (Chicago): W. Bryan/Sewall
* 1900 (Kansas City): W. Bryan/Stevenson I
* 1904 (Saint Louis): Parker/H. Davis
* 1908 (Denver): W. Bryan/Kern
* 1912 (Baltimore): Wilson/Marshall
* 1916 (Saint Louis): Wilson/Marshall
* 1920 (San Francisco): Cox/Roosevelt
* 1924 (New York): J. Davis/C. Bryan
* 1928 (Houston): Smith/Robinson
* 1932 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Garner
* 1936 (Philadelphia): Roosevelt/Garner
* 1940 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Wallace
* 1944 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Truman
* 1948 (Philadelphia): Truman/Barkley
* 1952 (Chicago): Stevenson II/Sparkman
* 1956 (Chicago): Stevenson II/Kefauver
* 1960 (Los Angeles): Kennedy/L. Johnson
* 1964 (Atlantic City): L. Johnson/Humphrey
* 1968 (Chicago): Humphrey/Muskie
* 1972 (Miami Beach): McGovern/(Eagleton, Shriver)
* 1976 (New York): Carter/Mondale
* 1980 (New York): Carter/Mondale
* 1984 (San Francisco): Mondale/Ferraro
* 1988 (Atlanta): Dukakis/Bentsen
* 1992 (New York): B. Clinton/Gore
* 1996 (Chicago): B. Clinton/Gore
* 2000 (Los Angeles): Gore/Lieberman
* 2004 (Boston): Kerry/Edwards
* 2008 (Denver): Obama/Biden
* 2012 (Charlotte): Obama/Biden
* 2016 (Philadelphia): H. Clinton/Kaine
* 2020 (Milwaukee/other locations): Biden/Harris

Presidential
administrations|

* Jackson (1829–1837)
* Van Buren (1837–1841)
* Polk (1845–1849)
* Pierce (1853–1857)
* Buchanan (1857–1861)
* A. Johnson (1868–1869)
* Cleveland (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
* Wilson (1913–1921)
* Roosevelt (1933–1941; 1941–1945)
* Truman (1945–1953)
* Kennedy (1961–1963)
* L. B. Johnson (1963–1969)
* Carter (1977–1981)
* Clinton (1993–2001)
* Obama (2009–2017)
* Biden (2021–present)

U.S. House
leaders
and
caucus
chairs|

* A. Stevenson (1827–1834)
* Bell (1834–1835)
* Polk (1835–1839)
* J. W. Jones (1843–1845)
* Davis (1845–1847)
* Cobb (1849–1851)
* Boyd (1851–1855)
* G. W. Jones (1855–1857)
* Orr (1857–1859)
* Houston (1859–1861)
* Niblack/Randall (1869–1871)
* Niblack (1873–1875)
* Kerr (1875–1876)
* Randall (1876–1881)
* Carlisle (1883–1889)
* Holman (1889–1891)
* Crisp (1891–1895)
* D. B. Culberson (1895–1897)
* Richardson (1897–1903)
* Williams (1903–1909)
* Clark (1909–1921)
* Kitchin (1921–1923)
* Garrett (1923–1929)
* Garner (1929–1933)
* Rainey (1933–1934)
* Byrns (1935–1936)
* Bankhead (1936–1940)
* Rayburn (1940–1961)
* McCormack (1962–1971)
* Albert (1971–1977)
* O'Neill (1977–1987)
* Wright (1987–1989)
* Foley (1989–1995)
* Gephardt (1995–2003)
* Pelosi (2003–present)

U.S. Senate
leaders
and
caucus
chairs|

* J. W. Stevenson (1873–1877)
* Wallace (1877–1881)
* Pendleton (1881–1885)
* Beck (1885–1890)
* Gorman (1890–1898)
* Turpie (1898–1899)
* J. K. Jones (1899–1903)
* Gorman (1903–1906)
* Blackburn (1906–1907)
* C. A. Culberson (1907–1909)
* Money (1909–1911)
* Martin (1911–1913)
* Kern (1913–1917)
* Martin (1917–1919)
* Hitchcock (1919–1920)
* Underwood (1920–1923)
* Robinson (1923–1937)
* Barkley (1937–1949)
* Lucas (1949–1951)
* McFarland (1951–1953)
* Johnson (1953–1961)
* Mansfield (1961–1977)
* Byrd (1977–1989)
* Mitchell (1989–1995)
* Daschle (1995–2005)
* Reid (2005–2017)
* Schumer (2017–present)

Chairs of
the DNC|

* Hallett
* McLane
* Smalley
* Belmont
* Schell
* Hewitt
* Barnum
* Brice
* Harrity
* Jones
* Taggart
* Mack
* McCombs
* McCormick
* Cummings
* White
* Hull
* Shaver
* Raskob
* Farley
* Flynn
* Walker
* Hannegan
* McGrath
* Boyle
* McKinney
* Mitchell
* Butler
* Jackson
* Bailey
* O'Brien
* Harris
* O'Brien
* Westwood
* Strauss
* Curtis
* White
* Manatt
* Kirk
* Brown
* Wilhelm
* DeLee
* Dodd/Fowler
* Romer/Grossman
* Rendell/Andrew
* McAuliffe
* Dean
* Kaine
* Wasserman Schultz
* Perez
* Harrison

State and
territorial
parties|

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* Wisconsin
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* American Samoa
* District of Columbia
* Guam
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Puerto Rico
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* Democrats Abroad

Affiliated
groups|

| Congress|

* Senate Caucus
* Policy Committee
* Steering and Outreach Committee
* United States Senate Democratic Conference Secretary
* House Caucus

|

Fundraising|

* Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
* Democratic Governors Association
* Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
* Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
* National Conference of Democratic Mayors
* National Democratic Redistricting Committee

Sectional|

* College Democrats of America
* Democrats Abroad
* National Federation of Democratic Women
* Stonewall Democrats
* Stonewall Young Democrats
* Young Democrats of America
* High School Democrats of America

Related|

* Primaries
* Presidential candidates
* Debates
* Party factions
* Superdelegate
* 2005 chairmanship election
* 2017 chairmanship election
* 2006 House Caucus leadership election
* 2018 House Caucus leadership election
* Weekly Democratic Address

* v
* t
* e

George McGovern

July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012

United States Senator, South Dakota, 1963–1981

United States House of Representatives, 1957–1961

Political career|

* Director, Food for Peace
* World Food Programme
* McGovern–Fraser Commission
* McGovern–Hatfield Amendment
* United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs
* United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture
* McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program
* World Food Prize

File:George McGovern bioguide.jpg

Electoral history|

* 1968 Democratic National Convention
* 1972 presidential campaign
* primaries
* 1972 Democratic National Convention
* Thomas Eagleton
* Sargent Shriver
* 1000 percent
* 1972 United States presidential election

Legacy|

* In popular culture
* Papers and manuscripts
* George and Eleanor McGovern Library and Center
* Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1972 articles, 1973 book)
* One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (2005 film)

Other|

* Awards and honors
* Eleanor McGovern (wife)

* Commons
* Wikiquote

* v
* t
* e

United States senators from South Dakota

Class 2|

* Pettigrew
* Gamble
* Sterling
* McMaster
* Bulow
* H. Bushfield
* V. Bushfield
* Mundt
* Abourezk
* Pressler
* T. Johnson
* Rounds

Class 3|

* Moody
* Kyle
* Kittredge
* Crawford
* E. Johnson
* Norbeck
* Hitchcock
* Pyle
* Gurney
* Case
* Bottum
* McGovern
* Abdnor
* Daschle
* Thune

* v
* t
* e

United States Senate majority leaders

* Lodge
* Curtis
* Watson
* Robinson
* Barkley
* White
* Lucas
* McFarland
* Taft
* Knowland
* Johnson
* Mansfield
* Byrd
* Baker
* Stevens (Acting)
* Baker
* Dole
* Byrd
* Mitchell
* Dole
* Lott
* Daschle
* Lott
* Daschle
* Frist
* Reid
* McConnell
* Schumer

* v
* t
* e

United States Senate minority leaders

* Underwood
* Robinson
* McNary
* Austin
* McNary
* White
* Barkley
* Wherry
* Bridges
* Johnson
* Knowland
* Dirksen
* Scott
* Baker
* Byrd
* Dole
* Daschle
* Lott
* Daschle
* Lott
* Daschle
* Reid
* McConnell
* Reid
* Schumer
* McConnell

* v
* t
* e

Democratic Party leaders in the United States Senate

* Underwood
* Robinson
* Barkley
* Lucas
* McFarland
* Johnson
* Mansfield
* Byrd
* Mitchell
* Daschle
* Reid
* Schumer

* v
* t
* e

Members of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota

Two at-large seats (1889–1913)|

| Seat|

* Pickler
* Kelley
* Burke
* Hall
* Burke

|

Seat|

* Gifford
* J. Gamble
* Jolley
* Lucas
* R. Gamble
* Knowles
* R. Gamble
* Martin
* Parker
* Martin

Districts (1913–1983)|

| 1st district|

* Dillon
* Christopherson
* Hildebrandt
* Mundt
* Lovre
* McGovern
* Reifel
* Denholm
* Pressler
* Daschle
* (district abolished in 1983)

|

2nd district|

* Burke
* R. Johnson
* Werner
* Case
* Berry
* Abourezk
* Abdnor
* Roberts
* (district abolished in 1983)

3rd district|

* Martin
* Gandy
* Williamson
* (district abolished in 1933)

One at-large seat (1983–present)|

| Seat|

* Daschle
* T. Johnson
* Thune
* Janklow
* Herseth Sandlin
* Noem
* D. Johnson

|

* v
* t
* e

Patriot Act

Titles I · II · III · IV · V · VI · VII · VIII · IX · X · History

Acts modified|

* Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
* Electronic Communications Privacy Act
* Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
* Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
* Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
* Money Laundering Control Act
* Bank Secrecy Act
* Right to Financial Privacy Act
* Fair Credit Reporting Act
* Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
* Victims of Crime Act of 1984
* Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act

People|

* George W. Bush
* John Ashcroft
* Alberto Gonzales
* Patrick Leahy
* Orrin Hatch
* Jon Kyl
* Dianne Feinstein
* Viet D. Dinh
* Joe Biden
* Michael Chertoff
* Barack Obama
* Eric Holder
* Chuck Schumer
* Lamar Smith
* Bob Graham
* Jay Rockefeller
* Arlen Specter
* Mike Oxley
* Dick Armey
* Paul Sarbanes
* Trent Lott
* Tom Daschle
* Russ Feingold
* Ellen Huvelle
* Ron Paul
* Lisa Murkowski
* Ron Wyden
* Dennis Kucinich
* Larry Craig
* John E. Sununu
* Richard Durbin
* Bernie Sanders
* Jerry Nadler
* John Conyers Jr.
* Butch Otter

Government
organizations|

* Federal Bureau of Investigation
* Department of Justice
* Select Committee on Intelligence
* Department of the Treasury
* FinCEN
* Department of State
* National Institute of Standards and Technology
* Customs Service
* U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Non-government
organizations|

* American Civil Liberties Union
* American Library Association
* Center for Democracy and Technology
* Center for Public Integrity
* Electronic Frontier Foundation
* Electronic Privacy Information Center
* Humanitarian Law Project

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