Tom Vilsack

Thomas James Vilsack (born December 13 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was elected 40th Governor of the state of Iowa in 1998. He was reelected to a second four-year term in 2002. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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Vilsack was orphaned at birth and he was placed in a Catholic orphanage several days after birth. His name was "Kenneth" before he was adopted in 1951 as an infant by Bud and Dolly Vilsack. His adoptive father was a real-estate agent and insurance salesman, and his adoptive mother was a homemaker. He had one sister, Alice, who was six years older than he and who died in her mid-40s.

December 13: December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 18 days remaining....

1950: 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: (This article is about the city. "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" is also the name of a song written in 1952; there are also several US cities named Pittsburg.)...

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