Tom Daschle

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Tom Daschle

Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle (born December 9, 1947 in Aberdeen , South Dakota ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party .

His ancestors came from the village of Kleinliebental near Odessa and were Black Sea Germans . From 1979 to 1987 he was a member of the US House of Representatives and represented South Dakota as a senator in the US Senate from 1987 to 2005 . In 2004 Daschle lost his re-election to the Republican John Thune .

Daschle was from 1995 to 2005 chairman of the Democrats in the Senate, from 1995 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2005 as a minority leader , from 2001 to 2003 as a majority leader .

On November 19, 2008, it was announced that Daschle was to be the new Minister of Health in President Barack Obama's cabinet . On February 3, 2009, he withdrew his candidacy due to errors in his tax return.

literature

  • Jon K. Lauck: Daschle Vs. Thune: Anatomy of a High-Plains Senate Race. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 2007 (preview) .

Web links

Commons : Tom Daschle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ In Touch with Prairie Living
  2. ↑ Press release ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / change.gov
  3. ↑ Obama's designated Minister of Health resigns from office. In: Spiegel Online.
personal data
SURNAME Daschle, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daschle, Thomas Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen , South Dakota