Larry E. Craig

A Representative and a Senator from Idaho. Born in Council, Adams County, Idaho, July 20, 1945. Attended the public schools of Midvale, Idaho. B. A. , University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 1969. Graduate work, George Washington University 1970. Served in the Idaho National Guard 1970-1972. Farmer-rancher. Member, Idaho senate 1974-1980. Delegate, Idaho State Republican conventions 1976-1978. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991). Elected to the United States Senate in 1990. Reelected in 1996 and 2002, and served from January 3, 1991, to January 3, 2009. Chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee (1996-2003), Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Ninth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection in 2008.