Background
Daschle, Tom was born on December 9, 1947 in Aberdeen, South Carolina, United States.
United States Senator from South Dakota
Daschle, Tom was born on December 9, 1947 in Aberdeen, South Carolina, United States.
Bachelor, South Dakota State University, 1969.
Finance investment representative. Chief legislation aide, field coordinator to Senator James Abourzek United States Senate, 1973-1977. Member United States Congress from 1st South Dakota District, 1979—1983, United States Congress from South Dakota at-large District, 1983-1987.
United States Senator from South Dakota, 1987—2005. Minority leader United States Senate, 1996—2001, 2003—2004, majority leader, 2001—2003. Special policy advisory Alston & Bird LLP, Washington, 2005—2009.
Senior policy advisory DLA Piper, since 2009. Distinguished senior fellow, Center for American Progress, since 2005, co-founder, Bi-Partisan Policy Center, since 2007, visiting professor, Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, since 2008, Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitor, American Academy, Berlin, since 2008. Board directors Central Bank Richard Ellis Group, Inc., since 2005, Prime BioSolutions, Mascoma Corporation, since 2007.
Founder American Grown Foundation, 1987. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1969-1972. Member of Council Foreign Relations.
Married Linda Hall Daschle. Children: Kelly, Nathan, Lindsay.