Background
Horn, Joan Kelly was born on October 18, 1936 in St. Louis.
political research and consulting firm executive
Horn, Joan Kelly was born on October 18, 1936 in St. Louis.
Bachelor, University Missouri, St. Louis, 1973. Master of Arts, University Missouri, St. Louis, 1975.
She served one term in the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri"s 2nd congressional district in suburban Saint Louis. She was elected to Congress in 1990, upsetting incumbent Republican Jack Buechner by 54 votes. Earlier in 1990, the Democratic-controlled Missouri state legislature approved a new congressional district map that was intended to preserve heavy Democratic majorities in the two districts that included Saint Louis itself — the 1st, represented by Democrat Bill Clay and the 3rd, represented by then-House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt.
In the process, the legislature shifted most of the heavily Democratic areas of the 2nd to the 1st and 3rd.
Horn realized the new map put her in serious electoral trouble, and asked that the map be redrawn, even requesting a sliver of Saint Louis. However, Clay and Gephardt turned her down.
In November 1992, Horn was narrowly defeated by Republican State House Minority Leader Jim Talent. She was defeated in a rematch against Talent in 1996.
Member Democratic State Committee. Democratic candidate for United States House, 1992, 96. Member University Missouri Alumni Alliance, University Missouri-St. Louis Alumni Association (board directors).
M. E. Terrence Jones. 6 children from previous marriage.