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Sen. Joe Biden
[Jan. 1: Age 7] Family moves to Delaware. note

Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.)
[Jan. 1: Age 5] note Mother marries Victor Clark.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
[Jan. 1: Age 2]

Sen. Chris Dodd
[Jan. 1: Age 5] Father (Thomas Dodd) first elected to U.S. House. Father loses U.S. Senate bid to Prescott Bush. Father elected to U.S. Senate.

Former Sen. John Edwards
Born June 10, 1953 in Seneca, SC.

Former Vice President Al Gore
[Jan. 1: Age 1+] Father (Al Gore Sr.) elected to the U.S. Senate.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich
[Jan. 1: Age 3]

Sen. Barack Obama
Born Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI.
Gov. Bill Richardson
[Jan. 1: Age 2] ...six years of elementary school at the Pan American Workshop in Mexico City... 7th grade at the Crocker School in Mexico City. 

Gov. Tom Vilsack
Born Dec. 13, 1950 in Pittsburgh, PA; orphaned. Adopted by Bud and Dolly Vilsack.
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Sen. John Kerry
[Jan. 1: Age 6] Several years in Washington, DC. Boarding schools in Switzerland for two years. Fessenden School in West Newton, MA. Starts at St. Paul's School in Concord, NH.

Sen. Evan Bayh
Born Dec. 26, 1955 in Shirkieville, IN (Vigo County).

Sen. Russ Feingold
Born March 2, 1953 in Janesville, WI.  Third of four children: two sisters, one brother.

Former Gov. Mark Warner
Born Dec. 15, 1954 in Indianapolis, IN.  ...lives in Indianapolis for his first 11 years...


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