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    • Early Life and Career
    • 1st Term in Congress: 1977-1978
    • 2nd Term in Congress: 1979-1980
    • 3rd Term in Congress: 1981-1982
    • 4th Term in Congress: 1983-1984
    • 5th Term in Congress: 1985-1986
    • 6th Term in Congress: 1987-1988
    • 7th Term in Congress: 1989-1990
    • 8th Term in Congress: 1991-1992
    • 9th Term in Congress: 1993-1994
    • 10th Term in Congress: 1995-1996
    • 11th Term in Congress: 1997-1998
    • 12th Term in Congress: 1999-2000
    • 13th Term in Congress: 2001-2002
    • 14th Term in Congress: 2003-2004
    • 2005 to the Present
  • Richard A. Gephardt born
  • Jane Ann Byrnes born
  • Gephardt graduates from high school
  • Gephardt attends Northwestern University
  • Jane Byrnes graduates from high school
  • Jane Byrnes attends Northwestern University
  • Gephardt attends University of Michigan Law School
  • Gephardt passes Missouri bar exam and joins Missouri Air National Guard
  • Richard Gephardt marries Jane Ann Byrnes
  • Gephardt enters local politics
  • Matt Gephardt is born
  • Gephardt is elected St. Louis Alderman
  • Gephardt becomes partner at Thompson & Mitchell Law Firm
  • Chrissy Gephardt is born
  • Re-elected St. Louis Alderman
  • Elected to U.S. House of Representatives
  • Gephardt begins his Congressional career; Kate Gephardt is born
  • Kate Gephardt is born
  • Gephardt appointed to House Ways & Means Committee (Jan)
  • Meramec Dam & Lake Question (Spring/Summer)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress (Nov)
  • Gephardt joins the Budget Committee (Jan.)
  • Congressional Delegation to the Soviet Union (April)
  • U.S. & USSR sign Salt II treaty (June 18)
  • Gephardt to Camp David
  • Health Camporee (September)
  • Soviet delegation visits St. Louis
  • Congressional Delegation to the Middle East (Nov. 23-29)
  • Gephardt speaks at the Democratic National Convention
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Participates in Congressional Delegation to Western Europe (Feb.)
  • Eradication of dioxin in Missouri's 3rd District
  • Bradley-Gephardt tax reform package
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress (Nov 6)
  • Gephardt becomes Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus
  • Dioxin cleanup continues
  • Gephardt sponsors the "Save the Family Farm Act" (Sept)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress (Nov.)
  • Gephardt Amendment on Trade
  • Gephardt announces Presidential candidacy (Feb. 23)
  • Gephardt wins Iowa caucus (Feb.)
  • Gephart withdraws from the Presidential race (March 28)
  • Gephardt announces Congressional re-election campaign (March 29)
  • Gephardt endorses Dukakis for President (June)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress (Nov)
  • Gephardt becomes Majority Leader and House Democratic Leader
  • Gephardt supports changes in Poland (Sept-Nov)
  • Glenn-Gephardt Trade and Technology Initiative (Oct)
  • Congressional Delegation to Eastern Europe (Dec. 10-18)
  • Leads a Congressional Delegation to Panama
  • Leads Congressional Delegation to the Middle East (Aug-Sept)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Leads Congressional Delegation to the Middle East (March)
  • Congressional Delegation to Germany (Sept. 26)
  • Justice Departments investigates the "House banking scandal"
  • TWA declares bankruptcy/reorganizes (Summer-Oct)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Congressional Delegation to Turkey, Greece and Israel (Dec. 10-17)
  • Leads Congressional Delegation to Poland, Ukraine & Russia (April 3-10)
  • Great Flood (April-Oct)
  • Job Search '93 (June)
  • Gephardt sponsors "Partnership for Progress: US-NIS Conference on Democracy and Market Economy" in St. Louis (Oct)
  • Gephardt votes against NAFTA; NAFTA ratified (Nov)
  • Gephardt Sponsors Crime Summit in St. Louis (March)
  • Hillary Clinton visits St. Louis
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Gephardt attends Summit of the Americas (Dec)
  • Gephardt fights to save jobs in St. Louis
  • NFL Rams move to St. Louis
  • Sponsors Senior Fair in St. Louis (April)
  • Gephardt introduces 10% Tax Plan
  • Dunn files ethics complaint against Gephardt
  • Leads effort to raise the minimum wage (April)
  • Gephardt addresses the Democratic National Convention (Aug)
  • Machinists strike at McDonnell Douglas (June-Aug?)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress (Nov)
  • Proposes Brownfields Bill (HR 1120) (March)
  • Gephardt visits El Paso and Juarez (April)
  • Helps to sponsor Neighbor-to-Neighbor Volunteer Summit in St. Louis (May)
  • Leads Congressional Delegation to South America (Aug)
  • Sponsors Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1997
  • Highway 21 Project Begins
  • Gephardt introduces his Farm Bill (March)
  • 10% Tax Event, St. Louis
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Pope John Paul II visits St. Louis (Jan)
  • CoDel Gephardt goes to Africa (Dec. 4-14)
  • Gephardt hosts Focus on the Future: High Tech Summit (June 19)
  • Gephardt speaks at Democratic National Convention (Aug.)
  • Gephardt participates in the Missouri train tour
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Leads Congressional Delegation to Asia (Jan)
  • Gephardt is re-elected to Congress
  • Gephardt announces his Presidential candidacy (Feb. 19)
  • Gephardt withdraws from the Presidential race (Jan 20)
  • Gephardt leaves Congress (Jan. 3)