Andy Card | |
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21st White House Chief of Staff | |
In office January 20, 2001 – April 14, 2006 |
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President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | John Podesta |
Succeeded by | Joshua Bolten |
United States Secretary of Transportation | |
In office February 24, 1992 – January 20, 1993 |
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President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | Samuel K. Skinner |
Succeeded by | Federico Peña |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff | |
In office January 20, 1989 – February 3, 1992 |
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President | George H. W. Bush |
Preceded by | M. B. Oglesby |
Succeeded by | Henson Moore |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 7th Plymouth district |
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In office 1979–1983 |
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Preceded by | Charles Decas |
Succeeded by | Emmet Hayes |
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Norfolk district |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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Preceded by | Charles McGowan |
Succeeded by | Bill Keating |
Personal details | |
Born |
Andrew Hill Card Jr. May 10, 1947 Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Kathleene Card |
Children | 3 |
Education |
University of South Carolina, Columbia (BS) United States Merchant Marine Academy Harvard University |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/branch | United States Merchant Marine |
Years of service | 1966–1967 |
Andrew Hill "Andy" Card, Jr. (born May 10, 1947) is an American politician who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
Card announced his resignation as Chief of Staff on March 28, 2006, effective April 14, 2006. Card was the Acting Dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&M University while Ryan Crocker fulfilled his U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan responsibilities before stepping down in July 2012.
In 2014, he became the president of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, serving until he retired from that post in the summer of 2016.
Card was born on May 10, 1947 in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Joyce (née Whitaker) and Andrew Hill Card, Sr. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America's Old Colony Council and earned the rank of Life Scout. Later, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. He also attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Card served as a United States Merchant Marine from 1966 to 1967.