Rick Santorum

A Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania. Born in Winchester, Frederick County, Va. , May 10, 1958. B. A. , Pennsylvania State University 1980. M. B. A. , University of Pittsburgh 1981. J. D. , Dickinson School of Law (Pa. ) 1986. Administrative assistant to Pennsylvania State Senator J. Doyle Corman 1981-1986. Director, Pennsylvania State senate local government committee 1981-1984. Director, Pennsylvania State Senate Transportation Committee 1984-1986. Admitted to the bar in 1986 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1995). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1994, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1994. Reelected in 2000, and served from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 2007. Republican Conference chairman (2001-2007). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2006. Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2012.