Dick Cheney

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Dick Cheney
408px-Richard Cheney 2005 official portrait.jpg
46th Vice-President of the United States
Term of office
JJanuary 20, 2001 - Present
Political party Republican
President George W. Bush
Preceded by Al Gore
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born January 30, 1941
Lincoln, Nebraska
Spouse Lynne Cheney
Religion Methodist

Richard B. Cheney serves as the Vice President of the United States, first elected in 2000 along with President George W. Bush. Cheney was re-elected along with President Bush in 2004.

Life and Family

Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska.[1] He has both a BA and an MA in Political Science from the University of Wyoming [2]. He married his wife Lynne Cheney in 1964. They have two daughters; Elizabeth and Mary.

Political Career

Richard Cheney assumed his first political post as an assistant to Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles in the early 1960s. at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the Richard Nixon administration. He quickly came to the attention of Donald Rumsfeld, then directing the Office of Economic Opportunity, and was promoted to a paid position in 1971. When Watergate forced Nixon's resignation in 1973, Cheney became vice president of an investment firm for a year, but Rumsfeld convinced Gerald Ford upon the latter's accession to the presidency that Cheney was indispensible, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as Chief of Staff to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to Secretary of Defense.

Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Mrs. Lynne Cheney welcomed their fifth grandchild, 2006
Upon hearing that Cheney had been chosen by Bush as his running mate, Paula Jones who was notable in some of the early Clinton scandals sued to disqualify them from receiving the electoral votes of Texas. Her theory was that under the 12th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, no state may give its electoral vote to a Presidential ticket both of whose members are from that state. Republican lawyers argued that Cheney's ties to Wyoming were more significant than those to Texas, which had effectively been dissolved as soon as Lynne carried out Richard's instructions to sell their house there. This argument prevailed in Federal district court, and Jones did not appeal.

Health Issues:

In March 2007 Mr. Cheney had surgery to remove a blood clot in his leg, the result of extended periods of sitting while airborne.

Hunting accident

On February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney shot his hunting partner in the face after his partner moved into his "blind spot". [3]