Richard A. Gephardt served for twenty-eight years in the United States House of Representatives, representing Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District, home to his birthplace St. Louis. He served as House Democratic leader for more than fourteen years, as House majority leader from 1989 to 1995, and minority leader from 1995 to 2003. Gephardt is president and CEO of the Gephardt Group, providing strategic counsel on federal government relations and domestic and international labor relations issues.
