Tom Ridge
43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1945 · age 81
Thomas Joseph Ridge is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant to the president for homeland security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States secretary of homeland security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office.
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Congressman Ridge during the 104th Congress
Ridge with President Ronald Reagan in 1988
Ridge with President George H. W. Bush and United States senator John McCain in 1990
Ridge greeting President George W. Bush in 2001
Tom Ridge at rally for John McCain
Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense (Ridge 2nd from left)
Ridge at the inauguration of Governor Tom Wolf in 2019Awards
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A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and as the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001.
