| 词条 | Alan Wheat |
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|name = Alan Wheat |image = Rep. Alan Wheat.jpg |state = Missouri |district = {{ushr|MO|5|5th}} |term_start = January 3, 1983 |term_end = January 3, 1995 |predecessor = Richard Bolling |successor = Karen McCarthy |state_house1 = Missouri |district1 = 26th |term_start1 = January 1977 |term_end1 = January 1983 |predecessor1 = Harold Holliday |successor1 = Chris Kelly |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|10|16}} |birth_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = |children = 3 |education = Grinnell College (BA) }} Alan Dupree Wheat (born October 16, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. Early lifeWheat graduated from Grinnell College in 1972 and served in the Missouri General Assembly from 1977 to 1982. When Congressman Richard Walker Bolling chose to retire after the 1982 election, Wheat won the Democratic primary and he went on to win the general election to succeed Bolling. House career and Senate campaignWheat was the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives ever to be appointed to the Rules Committee, and was also the first African-American to represent a district with a non-liberal white majority. He was also a member of the United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families[1] After United States Senator John Danforth said he would not run for re-election in the 1994 election, Wheat chose to leave the House and instead run for Danforth's seat. Wheat lost the general election to former governor John Ashcroft. Karen McCarthy was elected to succeed him in the House. Post-Congressional careerAfter his Senate race, Wheat was chosen as vice president of Public Policy and Government Relations at CARE. He served as deputy campaign manager of President Bill Clinton's re-election campaign in 1996. In 1997, Wheat formed the lobbying group Wheat Government Relations. Wheat Government Relations is a full service lobbying firm representing clients on a broad range of issues including: Health Care, Energy, Financial Services, Education, Telecommunications, Information Technology, etc. Wheat Government Relations represents clients on the issues of: 1) Health Care 2) Federal Budget & Appropriations [https://archive.is/20070510102303/http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3]; 3) Indian & Native American Affairs [https://archive.is/20070510102303/http://sopr.senate.gov/cgi-win/m_opr_viewer.exe?DoFn=3]; Wheat currently serves on the Board of Directors at CARE. He has three children. See also
References1. ^Children, youth, and families: Beginning the assessment. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families; House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, First Session{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC, 28 April 1984, Original document retrieved 19 January 2014 from ERIC at Ed.gov: Institution of Education Sciences. External links{{CongBio|W000326}}
from Missouri's 5th congressional district|years=1983–1995}}{{s-aft|after=Karen McCarthy}} |-{{s-ppo}}{{s-bef|before=Jay Nixon}}{{s-ttl|title={{nowrap|Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Missouri}} (Class 1)|years=1994}}{{s-aft|after=Mel Carnahan}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheat, Alan}} 13 : 1951 births|African-American members of the United States House of Representatives|African-American state legislators in Missouri|Airline High School alumni|American lobbyists|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Grinnell College alumni|Living people|Members of the Missouri House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri|Missouri Democrats|People from San Antonio|Politicians from Kansas City, Missouri |
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