Tom Daschle

Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947), known as Tom Daschle, was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota and the Senate Minority Leader. A United States Democratic Party, he was narrowly defeated on November 2, 2004, by the Republican candidate, John Thune, in his bid for re-election.

Family Background

Daschle was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he grew up in a working-class Roman Catholic family as the eldest of four brothers. He became the first person in his family to graduate from college when he earned a political science degree from South Dakota State University in 1969. While attending South Dakota State University, Daschle became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega.

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Aberdeen, South Dakota - Political science - South Dakota State University - 1969 - Alpha Phi Omega

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After serving three years as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command, he spent five years as an aide to South Dakota Senator James Abourezk.

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United States Air Force - Strategic Air Command - James Abourezk

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Daschle is married to lobbyist and former Federal Aviation Administration official Linda Hall; he has three children from his first marriage: Kelly, Nathan and Lindsay.

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Lobbyist - Federal Aviation Administration

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