Thomas M. Barrett

A Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. , December 8, 1953. Graduated from Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, Wis. , 1972. B. A. , University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. , 1976. J. D. , University of Wisconsin School of Law, 1980. Clerk to United States Judge Robert Warren of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1980-1982. Lawyer, private practice. Unsuccessful candidate to the Wisconsin state assembly in 1982. Member of the Wisconsin state assembly, 1984-1989. Member of the Wisconsin state senate, 1989-1993. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002, but was an unsuccessful nominee for Governor of Wisconsin. Mayor of Milwaukee, Wis. , 2004-2021. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Wisconsin in 2010. United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, December 2021-present.