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Senate Years of Service: 2002-2007 Party: Republican
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Oil on canvas, Dean Paules, 2001 Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives |
TALENT, James Matthes, a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis,
Mo., October 18, 1956; B.A., Washington University 1978; J.D., University of
Chicago School of Law 1981; law clerk to Judge Richard A. Posner, United States
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit 1982-1983; adjunct professor, Washington
University School of Law 1984-1986; State house of representatives 1985-1993;
elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and three succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2001); chairman, Committee on Small
Business (One Hundred Fifth and One Hundred Sixth Congresses); was not a
candidate for reelection to the United States House of Representatives in 2000;
unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2000; elected to the U.S. Senate in the
November 4, 2002, special election to the term ending January 3, 2007, a seat
previously held by appointed Senator Jean Carnahan, and took office on November
25, 2002; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2006.
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