Tom Harkin
- Party
- Democrat
- Office Held:
- US Senate, IA
- Office Sought:
- US Senate, IA
HARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom), a Senator and a Representative from Iowa; born in Cumming, Warren
County, Iowa, November 19, 1939; attended the public schools; graduated, Iowa
State University, Ames 1962; graduated, Catholic University of America Law
School, Washington, D.C. 1972; admitted to the Iowa bar in 1972 and commenced
practice in Des Moines; served in United States Navy 1962-1967, and Naval
reserve 1968-1974; attorney for Polk County, Iowa, Legal Aid Society 1973;
member, board of directors, Iowa Consumers League; elected in 1974 as a
Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress; reelected to the four succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for
reelection in 1984 to the House of Representatives, but was elected as a
Democrat to the United States Senate in 1984; reelected in 1990, 1996, 2002,
and again in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January
3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth Congress, and One
Hundred Eleventh Congress [January 3, 2009-September 9, 2009]), Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Eleventh Congress
[September 9, 2009-January 3, 2011], and One Hundred Twelfth Congress).
Source: Bioguide
Campaign Finance
$551,640 Received
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