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Dick Cheney | |
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 Official portrait, 2003 | |
| 46th Vice President of the United States | |
| In office January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Al Gore |
| Succeeded by | Joe Biden |
| 17th United States Secretary of Defense | |
| In office March 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 | |
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Deputy | Donald J. Atwood, Jr. |
| Preceded by | Frank Carlucci |
| Succeeded by | Les Aspin |
| 15th U.S. House Minority Whip | |
| In office January 3, 1989 – March 20, 1989 | |
| Leader | Robert H. Michel |
| Preceded by | Trent Lott |
| Succeeded by | Newt Gingrich |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming's At-large district | |
| In office January 3, 1979 – March 20, 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Teno Roncalio |
| Succeeded by | Craig L. Thomas |
| 7th White House Chief of Staff | |
| In office November 21, 1975 – January 20, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Succeeded by | Hamilton Jordan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 30, 1941[1][2][3] Lincoln, Nebraska, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lynne Cheney |
| Children | Elizabeth Cheney Mary Cheney |
| Residence | McLean, Virginia Jackson, Wyoming |
| Alma mater | University of Wyoming |
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Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman. He was the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. As a Republican, he ran in the 2000 United States presidential election with George W. Bush, and successfully won re-election in the 2004 United States presidential election. Before he became vice president, he was the Secretary of Defense from 1989 to 1993, during George H. W. Bush's presidency.[4] He was also a member of the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1989, and was White House chief of staff from 1975 to 1977.
- ↑ Battle, Robert A., "Ancestry of Richard Bruce Cheney". Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ↑ "New England's Big Family Our Town's, Manchester (Dick Cheney)" Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine, American Patriot Friends Network. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
- ↑ Dick Cheney is a descendant of William Cheney (1604–1667), who was a native of England and was recorded to be in Roxbury, Massachusetts by 1640. while Benjamin Pierce Cheney was a descendant of William's brother, John Cheney, who was recorded in Roxbury in 1635 and who moved to Newbury, Massachusetts, the following year. See Charles Henry Pope, The Cheney Genealogy, Vol. 1, pp. 17–33, Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1897; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. X, pp. 213–214, New York: James T. White & Company, 1909, reprint of 1900 edition.
- ↑ "Richard B. Cheney – George H.W. Bush Administration". Office of the Secretary of Defense – Historical Office. Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2017.