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Gephardt
Gephardt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dick Gephardt (born 1941), American politician * Chrissy Gephardt, daughter of Dick Gephardt who announced that she was gay See also * Gebhardt {{surname German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008. Since his retirement from politics, Gephardt has become a significant lobbyist. He founded a Washington-based public affairs firm, Gephardt Government Affairs, an Atlanta-based labor consultancy, the Gephardt Group, as well as a direct primary care group, SolidaritUS Health. He also consults for DLA Piper, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrissy Gephardt
Christine Leigh Gephardt is an American LGBT rights activist and former social worker who campaigned for her father Dick Gephardt during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. She is the first prominent LGBT relative to promote a major political campaign in the United States. Biography Gephardt worked on her father's political campaigns as a child in St. Louis, Missouri. She later became a social worker after graduating from Northwestern University. In her practice as a social worker, she helped abused and mentally ill women in Washington, D.C. She married Marc Alan Leibole in 1997, a man she later called "my best friend", according to the ''Los Angeles Times.'' In the early 2000s, she attended Washington University, where she met Amy Loder. Gephardt came out to her family as a lesbian in April 2001. She had fallen in love with another woman, Loder, while in graduate school at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. She first came to public attention when NBC announced th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gebhardt
Gebhardt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Deborah Gebhardt, basketball coach and scientist * Dixie Cornell Gebhardt (1866–1955), American designer of the state flag of Iowa * Eric "Red Mouth" Gebhardt, American singer-songwriter * Eduard von Gebhardt (1838–1925), Baltic German historical painter * Elke Gebhardt (born 1983), German racing cyclist * Evelyne Gebhardt (born 1954), German politician * Georg Gebhardt (1901–1975), German military officer during World War II * George Gebhardt (1879–1919), Swiss-born American silent film actor * Håkon Gebhardt (born 1969), Norwegian musician and record producer * Karl Gebhardt (1897–1948), German Nazi SS physician who conducted criminal medical experiments, executed for war crimes * Liz Gebhardt (1945–1996), English actress * Marcel Gebhardt (born 1979), German footballer * Marco Gebhardt (born 1972), German footballer * Mike Gebhardt (born 1965), American sailor * Miriam Gebhardt, architect, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
