Todd Tiahrt

A Representative from Kansas. Born in Vermillion, Clay County, S. Dak. , June 15, 1951. Attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, S. Dak. B. A. , Evangel College, Springfield, Mo. , 1975. M. B. A. , Southwest Missouri State, Springfield, Mo. , 1989. Teacher, Kansas Newman College and Evangel College, Wichita, Kans. Proposal manager, Boeing Company. Unsuccessful candidate for election for the Kansas state house of representatives in 1990. Member of the Kansas state senate, 1993-1995. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2011). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2010, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014.