Dick Gephardt

thumb|Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Quotes Politics is a substitute for violence. At the 2004 Missouri Democratic Convention This president is a miserable failure on foreign policy and on the economy and he's got to be replaced. In a presidential debate on September 4, 2003 External links Post-Dispatch coverage of the 2004 Run for the White House Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:United States presidential candidates, 2004 Category:United States presidential candidates, 1988 Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians Category:Baptists from the United States Category:Politicians from St. Louis