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Tommy Thompson

19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; 42nd Governor of Wisconsin · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1941 · age 84

Tommy George Thompson is an American politician who served as the 19th United States secretary of health and human services from 2001 to 2005 in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.

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Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Members of the Executive Branch by Presidential Appointment2003
Hessian Order of Merit2001
Horatio Alger Award

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A member of the Republican Party, he was the 42nd governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001 and Republican floor leader in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1981 to 1987. Thompson is the longest-serving governor in Wisconsin history and is the only person to be elected to the office four times.

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United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Living
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Born 1941 · age 84