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Types Person, Political Candidate, Elected Representative
Legal Name Thomas J Vilsack
Birthplace Pennsylvania
Date of Birth Dec 12 '50
Gender Male
Aliases Thomas J Vilsack

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THOMAS J. VILSACK was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, orphaned at birth, and adopted in 1951. He received a bachelor's degree from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York in 1972, and received a law... more »

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Friends & Colleagues
Jerry Crawford   Jerry Crawford practices in the areas of government relations,...
  • good friend ('98→) *
    • Government Positions
    Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Secretary of Agriculture ('09→)   [ +1 ]
    • Office of the Governor of Iowa
  • Governor ('99→'07)
    • Governors Biotechnology Partnership   Partnership organization for U.S. state...
  • Chair and co-founder (past) *
    • Obama Cabinet   President Obama's Cabinet
  • Position
    • Business Positions
    Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • Position (past)
    • Office/Staff
    John Robert Norris
  • Chief of staff (past)
    • Cynthia P Eisenhauer   Government Financial Management Consultant
  • chief of staff ('04→'07)
    • Other Positions & Memberships
    Harvard Kennedy School   Graduate school of government at Harvard
  • Fellow (past)
    • Education
    Hamilton College
  • Student (past)
    • Union University's Albany Law School
  • Student (past)
    • Political Fundraising Committees
    Tom Vilsack for President
  • Principal Campaign Committee ⋅ $2100 ('06)
    • Donors
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    John D Howard   CEO of Irving Place Capital
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Cynthia P Eisenhauer   Government Financial Management Consultant
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $2300 ('06→'07)
    • Adam M Aron
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Hassan Nemazee   Major Clinton donor; Under investigation for defrauding Citibank of...
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Stanley M Chesley   Trial lawyer. See Toledo Blade, Republicans for Lawsuits, June 2...
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Lois E Quam
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • John Catsimatidis   Owner, chairman, and president of Red Apple Group and Gristedes...
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Walter Scott Jr   Construction, telecom billionaire
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $2300 ('06→'07)
    • Bernard Rapoport
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Cantwell F Muckenfuss III   partner at Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Donation/Grant Recipients
    1-10 of 14 :: see all
    Tom Vilsack   Obama Secretary of Agriculture; Former Governor of Iowa
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $12179 ('06→'08)
    • Iowa Democratic Party
  • 10 contributions ⋅ $4750 ('95→'07)
    • Hillary Clinton   Secretary of State
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $2300 ('07)
    • Leonard L Boswell   US Representative from Iowa
  • 3 contributions ⋅ $1200 ('96→'08)
    • David Ronald Musgrove   Former Governor of Mississippi
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $1000 ('08)
    • Tom Harkin   US Senator and Representative from Iowa
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $840 ('89→'90)
    • Rob Hubler
  • 3 contributions ⋅ $750 ('08)
    • Rebecca Greenwald
  • 2 contributions ⋅ $650 ('08)
    • Gabrielle Giffords   US Representative from Arizona
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $500 ('06)
    • Carol Shea-Porter   US Representative from New Hampshire
  • 1 contribution ⋅ $500 ('06)