Tom Barlow

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Tom Barlow (1993)

Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Barlow III (born August 7, 1940 in Washington, DC , † January 31, 2017 in Paducah , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1993 and 1995 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Tom Barlow attended Haverford College in Pennsylvania until 1962 . He then worked, among other things, as a banker and as a commercial entrepreneur. Between 1971 and 1982 he was an environmental policy advisor to the Natural Resources Defense Council . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1986 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress .

In the 1992 congressional election , Barlow was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Kentucky, where he succeeded Carroll Hubbard on January 3, 1993 . But since he was defeated by Republican Ed Whitfield in the following elections in 1994 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1995. In 1998 and 2002 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress.

Web links

  • Tom Barlow in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former US Rep. Thomas Barlow passes away
personal data
SURNAME Barlow, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barlow, Thomas Jefferson III (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 2017
Place of death Paducah, Kentucky