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| [Jan.
1: Age 3]
...grows up on family farm near Parker, KS... |
Former Gov. Jim Gilmore
| [Jan. 1: Age 10] | Graduates from J.R. Tucker High School. Starts at Univ. of Virginia. |
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani
| [Jan. 1: Age 15] | Graduates from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn. | Graduates from Manhattan College in the Bronx. | Graduates from New York University Law School. Marries Regina Peruggi. | Clerks for Judge Lloyd MacMahon, U.S. District for the Southern District of New York. |
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
| [Jan.
1: Age 4]
...grows up in Ark. |
Rep. Duncan Hunter
| [Jan. 1: Age 11 1/2] | Graduates from Rubidoux High School in Riverside, CA. | Attends Univ. of Montana, 1966-67. | Vietnam veteran; serves in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers, 1969-71. |
Sen. John McCain
| [Jan. 1: Age 23] | Marries Carol Shepp. (She had 2 sons). | Oct. 26-Shot down over Hanoi, Vietnam. Prisoner of war for the next 5 1/2 years. |
Rep. Ron Paul
| [Jan. 1: Age 24] | M.D.
from Duke
University Medical Center in Durham, NC. |
Internship and residency training, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, 1961-62. | Medical doctor; United States Air Force, 1963-65. | Obstetrics and gynecology training, University of Pittsburgh, 1965-68. | Moves to Texas ans starts medical practice in Brazoria County. |
Former Gov. Mitt Romney
| [Jan. 1: Age 12] | Helps campaign for his father, George, for Governor of Michigan (served 1963-69). | Attends Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in SF. | Graduates from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, MI. A year at Stanford Univ. | Second semester at Stanford. Missionary in France for 2 1/2 years . | (Nov. 18-Father, George, announces candidacy for president). | June-Still in France, survives serious car crash. Finishes mission in late 1968. | March 21-marries Ann Davies. Transfers to BYU. |
Rep. Tom Tancredo
| [Jan. 1: Age 14] | Graduates from Holy Family High School in Broomfield, CO. | B.A. in political science from the Univ. of No. Colorado in Greeley, CO. |
Former Sen. Fred Thompson
| [Jan. 1: Age 17] | Degree in philosophy and political science from Memphis State University. | J.D. from Vanderbilt University. Practices law in Lawrenceburg. | Assistant U.S. attorney 1969-72. |
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson
| [Jan. 1: Age 18] | B.S. from Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. | J.D. from Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Elected to the Wisconsin Assembly. | Re-elected to the Assembly for 2nd of 10 times... Dec. Marries Sue Ann Mashak. |
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| [Jan. 1: Age 16] | Graduates from Baker High School in Columbus, GA. | Marries Jackie Battley. | Graduates from Emory University with a B.A. in history. | Master's degree in Modern European History from Tulane University. |
Sen. Chuck Hagel
| [Jan. 1: Age 13] | Graduates from St. Bonaventure High School, Columbus, NE. One semester at Wayne State. | Transfers to Kearney State; works at the Holiday Inn. | Works at dept. store. Graduates Brown Institute for Radio and Television in Minn. | Working at radio station in Lincoln. U.S. Army infantry, 1967-68. | Serves in Vietnam, wounded twice. | Newscaster and talk show host with radio stations KBON and KLNG in Omaha, 1969-71. |
Former Gov. George Pataki
| [Jan. 1: Age 14] | Graduates from Peekskill High School. Starts at Yale University. | Graduates from Yale University with B.A. in history. |
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Sen. Bill Frist
| [Jan.
1: Age 7]
...grows up in Belle Meade, a suburb of Nashville... |
First solo flight on day turns 16. |
Sen. George Allen
| [Jan.
1: Age 7]
(Father with Chicago Bears starting in 1958). |
Moves from Chicago back to So. Cal. (Father coaches L.A. Rams, 1966-70). |
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