| LC control no. | n 87891852 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ridge, Thomas J. |
| Variant(s) | Ridge, Tom |
| See also | Chief executive of: Pennsylvania. Governor (1995-2001 : Ridge) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Pennsylvania |
| Birth date | 1945-08-26 |
| Place of birth | Munhall (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States. Office of Homeland Security United States. Department of Homeland Security |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators Government employees Cabinet officers |
| Found in | National security choices for the next president, c1988: CIP t.p. (Thomas J. Ridge; cochairman, CSIS Working Group on Presidential National Security Choices) Who's Who in America 1998, c1997: v. 2, p. 3608 (Ridge, Thomas Joseph, mem. 98th-103rd Congress, Pa. 21st dist.; Pa. gov. 1995-) Affirmative action, 1998: cover (Tom Ridge, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) N.Y. Times, Oct. 9, 2001 p. B11 (former Gov. Ridge sworn in as Pres. Bush's director of Office of Homeland Security on Oct. 8, 2001; Ridge was Pa. gov. until last week) Biographical directory of the United States Congress online, viewed September 17, 2012 (Ridge, Thomas Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Munhall, Allegheny County, Pa., August 26, 1945; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1995); Governor of Pennsylvania, 1995-2001; Director, Office of Homeland Security, 2001-2003; Secretary of Homeland Security in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush, 2003-2005) |
| Associated language | eng |
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