Richard Gephardt and Labor-Focused Trade Policy

Richard Gephardt

As House Democratic Leader, Richard Gephardt served as a prominent national voice for working-class families and labor unions throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. He famously broke with the Clinton administration to oppose NAFTA, leading a wing of the party cautious of globalization's impact on domestic jobs. Through his legislative leadership and presidential campaigns, he deeply shaped Democratic economic policy.

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Year	Richard Gephardt
1941	Early life and upbringing in St. Louis (Period: 1941–1958, Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States) Birth of Richard Gephardt (Period: January 31, 1941, Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States)
1958	Southwest High School (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1950s, graduated 1958, Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States) Northwestern University (Age: 16 years old, Period: 1958–1962, Location: Evanston, Illinois, United States)
1962	University of Michigan Law School (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1962–1965, Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States)
1966	Marriage (Richard Gephardt, Jane Ann Byrnes, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1966, Location: United States, exact wedding venue unknown)
1968	Affiliation with the Democratic Party, Democratic Committeeman for St. Louis's 14th Ward (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1968–1971, Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States)
1971	Appointment as St. Louis Alderman (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1971–1976, Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States) St. Louis City Alderman for the 14th Ward (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1971–1976, Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States)
1977	U.S. Representative from Missouri's 3rd congressional district (Age: 35 years old, Period: January 1977–January 2005, Location: Washington, D.C., Missouri, United States)
1985	Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1985–1989, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1987	Run for the 1988 United States presidential election (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1987–1988, Location: Throughout the United States, Iowa, New Hampshire, etc.) Ethics investigation and financial disclosure issues concerning real estate transactions in North Carolina (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1987–1988 real estate transactions, 1996 ethics investigation, Location: North Carolina, Washington, D.C., United States) Candidacy for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination (Age: 45 years old, Period: 1987–1988, Location: United States (nationwide))
1989	House Majority Leader (Age: 47 years old, Period: January 1989–January 1995, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1995	House Minority Leader (Age: 53 years old, Period: January 1995–January 2003, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2002	Run for the 2004 United States presidential election (Age: 60 years old, Period: 2002–January 2004, Location: Throughout the United States, Iowa) Candidacy for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination (Age: 60 years old, Period: 2002–January 2004, Location: United States (nationwide)) Resignation as House Democratic Minority Leader (Age: 61 years old, Period: November 2002 – January 2003, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2003	September 11 attacks (Age: 62 years old, Period: September 11, 2001, Location: New York, New York, Arlington, Virginia, and Pennsylvania (United States))
2005	Retirement from Congress and transition to corporate and government relations (Age: 63 years old, Period: 2005 onwards, Location: Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Missouri, United States)

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Legislative operations	Newt Gingrich Tom DeLay Tom Foley Dennis Hastert Dick Armey Richard Gephardt Robert Michel David Bonior Trent Lott Tom Daschle Bob Dole George Mitchell Harry Reid
Domestic policy	Bill Clinton Newt Gingrich Daniel Patrick Moynihan Tom DeLay John Kasich John Breaux Ted Kennedy Chris Dodd Paul Ryan

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