Bob Holden
| Bob Holden | |
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| 53rd Governor of Missouri | |
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In office January 8, 2001 – January 10, 2005 |
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| Lieutenant | Joe Maxwell |
| Preceded by | Roger B. Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Matt Blunt |
| 42nd State Treasurer of Missouri | |
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In office January 11, 1993 – January 8, 2001 |
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| Governor |
Mel Carnahan (1993–2000) Roger B. Wilson (2000–01) |
| Preceded by | Wendell Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Farmer |
| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives | |
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In office 1982–1989 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert Lee Holden, Jr. August 24, 1949 Birch Tree, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lori Hauser Holden |
| Children | Robert Holden, John D. Holden |
| Alma mater | Missouri State University |
| Profession | Politician |
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Robert Lee "Bob" Holden, Jr. (born August 24, 1949) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party he served as the 53rd Governor of Missouri from 2001 to 2005.
Even though he was born in Kansas City, Missouri, Holden was raised on a farm in the Ozarks near Birch Tree. He attended a one-room school and earned his bachelor's degree in political science at Missouri State University (then known as Southwest Missouri State), where he was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity. He also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he took courses specifically tailored for government executives. Holden met his wife Lori Hauser during his first campaign for the Missouri General Assembly and together, they have two boys, Robert and John D.
His brother, Calvin Ray Holden, is a Greene County Circuit Court judge.
From 1982 to 1989, Holden was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Holden served as State Treasurer from 1993 to 2001 and as governor from 2001 to 2005.
In the 2000 election, Holden narrowly defeated Republican Jim Talent. Holden was inaugurated as Governor in January 2001. His inauguration was the most elaborate and expensive in state history. The ceremony cost $1 million, of which $125,000 was paid from state government funds. Although Holden's inauguration ceremony received public financing equal to that of Missouri's previous two Governors, a perception that the inauguration was overly extravagant emerged and became a theme in opposition to his administration.
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