Gen. Wesley Clark (ret.)

Commander of a mechanized infantry company. Wounded in Feb.. To Fort Knox.

Instructor and Assistant Professor of Social Science at West Point, 1971-74.

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in KS, 1974-75.

Earns Masters of Military Art and Science.  White House Fellow, 1975-76, in OMB.

S-3 (Operations) Officer, 3d Battalion, 35th Armor, 1st Armored Division, Germany.

S-3 (Operations) Officer, 3d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Germany.

Assistant Executive Officer to the Supreme Allied Commander in Brussels, 1978-79.

Executive Officer, 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, CO.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Summer-works at Children's Defense Fund.

Summer-works on migrant problems for Sen. Mondale subcommittee.

Some work on Sen. McGovern's presidential campaign.

Receives J.D. from Yale Law School.

Staff of House Judiciary Comm. during Watergate. Teaches at Univ. of Ark. Law School.

Oct. 11-Marries Bill Clinton.

Joins the Rose Law Firm.  Bill Clinton elected Attorney General of Arakansas.

Appted to board of the Legal Services Corp.  Bill Clinton elected Governor of Arkansas.

Full partner of the Rose Law Firm.

Sen. Chris Dodd

Marries Susan Mooney. Father defeated in U.S. Senate re-election bid.

J.D.  from the University of Louisville (KY) School of Law, 1972.

Practices law in New London, CT.

Elected to Congress.

Re-elected to Congress.

Re-elected to Congress.

Former Sen. John Edwards

Graduates from North Moore High School.

Receives B.A. in textile technology from North Carolina State University.

J.D. from UNC at Chapel Hill.  Marries Elizabeth Anania.  Law clerk, 1977-78.

Associate at Dearborn & Ewing in Nashville, 1978-81.

Son Wade born.

Former Vice President Al Gore

U.S. Army, 1969-71.  May 19- Marries Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson.

Vanderbilt Univ, Divinity School. Reporter/writer for The Tennessean, 1971-76.

Daughter Karenna born.

Elected to Congress

Daughter Kristin born.

Re-elected to Congress.

Daughter Sarah born.

Rep. Dennis Kucinich

Dem. nominee for Congress; loses to incumbent Rep. William E. Minshall Jr (R).

B.A. from Case Western Reserve University.

M.A. from Case Western.  Ran for the now open Minshall seat again.

Elected Municipal Court Clerk.

Elected Mayor of Cleveland.

Survives recall by narrow margin.

Defeated in re-election bid by George Voinovich.

Sen. Barack Obama

Moves back to Hawaii; raised by grandparents.  Starts 5th grade at Punahou School.

Graduates from Punahou School.  Two years at Occidental College.

Gov. Bill Richardson

B.A. in French and political science from Tufts University.

M.A. from Tufts' Fletcher School.  Interns for Rep. Brad Morse (R-MA), then staff for Morse.

Aug. 5 - Marries Barbara Flavin.

Leg. Management Officer, Cong. Relations at the State Department, early 1974-75.

Staff Associate, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1976-78.

May-Moves to Santa Fe.  Exec. Dir. of NM Dem. Party.  Exec. Dir. of Bernalillo Dems.

Consultant - Richardson Trade Group (started late 1978).  Teaching at comm. college.

Gov. Tom Vilsack

Graduates from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY with an A.B. in history.  To law school.

Aug. 18-Marries Christie Bell.

J.D. from Albany Law School, Union University.  Joins father-in-law's firm.

...partner, Bell & Vilsack Law Office, 1975-98...

Oct. 5-Son Jess born.

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Sen. John Kerry

Marries Julia Thorne.

April-Testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Democratic nominee for U.S. House in MA 5th CD (Lowell).

Daughter Alexandra born.  Starts classes at Boston College Law School.

Receives J.D.. Starts at Middlesex District Attorney's office.  Daughter Vanessa born.

Assistant D.A. in Middlesex County, 1977-79.

Opens law practice with Roanne Sragow at 60 State St. in Boston.  Co-founds cookie shop.

Sen. Evan Bayh

Graduates from St. Albans School in Washington, DC.  Begins at Indiana University.

Campaigns for father in the NH presidential primary.

Graduates from Indiana University with a B.S. in business economics.

Mother Marvella dies from breast cancer.

Sen. Russ Feingold

Volunteers on Les Aspen's congressional campaign.

Graduates from Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville.  Interns. To UW Madison.

Summer - Again interns in Rep. Les Aspin's Janesville office.

Graduates from University of Wisconsin - Madison with B.A..

Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University.  Marries Sue Levine (children: Jessica, Ellen).

J.D. from Harvard Law School.  Attorney at Foley & Lardner, 1979-82.

Former Gov. Mark Warner

Graduates from Rockville High School in Vernon, CT.  Starts at GWU.  Also jobs....

...opens mail for Sen. Abe Ribacoff (D-CT).  Works for Rep. Ella Grasso (D-CT)...

Legislative assistant to Rep. Chris Dodd (D-CT).

Graduates from the George Washington University.

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