Born:
January 23, 1947 Beckley, West Virginia
Political party:
Democratic
Assumed office:
January 3, 2001
Religion:
Presbyterian
Phone:
(202) 224-2441

Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper was born January 23, 1947 in Beckley, West Virginia, grew up in Danville, Virginia, and graduated from Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio.

He then graduated from Ohio State University in 1968, where he was in the U.S. Navy ROTC and earned a degree in Economics. Serving as a Naval Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he saw active duty in Vietnam, flying submarine hunting planes.

He remained in the U.S. Naval Reserve for another 18 years and retired with the rank of Captain. Meanwhile he moved to Delaware and earned an MBA from the University of Delaware in 1975.

Representative from Delaware, a two-term Governor of Delaware, and currently the incumbent junior U.S. Senator from Delaware. He was elected to a second term in 2006.

See also:
carper.senate.gov
en.wikipedia.org