Tom Harkin

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, and served from January 3, 1985, to 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 [September 9, 2009-January 3, 2011] to One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2014.