| − | '''James Danforth "Dan" Quayle''' (born February 4, 1947) was the [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] under [[Presidents of the United States|George H. W. Bush]]. Prior to being elected Vice President, he was a member of [[Congress]]. Quayle is a loyal [[conservative]] [[Republican]] and advocate for [[traditional values]]. Quayle was the first chairman of the National Space Council and the head of the Council on Competitiveness. | + | '''James Danforth "Dan" Quayle''' (born February 4, 1947) was the [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] under [[Presidents of the United States|George H. W. Bush]]. Prior to being elected Vice President, he was a member of [[Congress]]. Quayle has been a [[conservative]] [[Republican]] and advocate for [[traditional values]] but, as of November 2024, was the chairman of Cerberus Global Investments, which is an investment company having more than $60 billion under management. |
| | Dan Quayle was elected as a Republican Congressman in 1976, at the age of 29. He was reelected to the Ninety-sixth Congress (January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981). He was not a candidate in 1980 for re-election to the [[House of Representatives]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate]] that year, when he was but 33 years old, and was re-elected in 1986 and served, in total, from January 3, 1981, until January 3, 1989, when he resigned to become [[Vice President of the United States]]. In the Senate he was Chairman of the Select Committee to Study the Committee System. Senator Quayle was elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, and with President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], was inaugurated January 20, 1989. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Vice President in 1992.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Q000007 U.S. Congress, Official Biography;]</ref> | | Dan Quayle was elected as a Republican Congressman in 1976, at the age of 29. He was reelected to the Ninety-sixth Congress (January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981). He was not a candidate in 1980 for re-election to the [[House of Representatives]], but was elected to the [[United States Senate]] that year, when he was but 33 years old, and was re-elected in 1986 and served, in total, from January 3, 1981, until January 3, 1989, when he resigned to become [[Vice President of the United States]]. In the Senate he was Chairman of the Select Committee to Study the Committee System. Senator Quayle was elected Vice President of the United States in 1988, and with President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], was inaugurated January 20, 1989. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as Vice President in 1992.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Q000007 U.S. Congress, Official Biography;]</ref> |