Hal Daub
| Hal Daub | |
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| Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska | |
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In office 1995–2001 |
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| Preceded by | Subby Anzaldo (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mike Fahey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | John J. Cavanaugh |
| Succeeded by | Peter Hoagland |
| Personal details | |
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Harold John Daub Jr. April 23, 1941 Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Washington University in St. Louis |
Harold John "Hal" Daub Jr. (born April 23, 1941) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician in Nebraska who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives and as Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. In 2012, Daub was elected to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska system.
Born at Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina, where his father was stationed in the military, Daub grew up in North Omaha. He graduated from Benson High School before receiving his B.S. from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri in 1963, and his J.D. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska in 1966. He served in the United States Army as an infantry captain from 1966 to 1968 during the Vietnam War.
Daub settled in Omaha, where he went into private practice of law. He also became active in the Republican Party. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in the Omaha-based 2nd congressional district in 1978, losing to incumbent Democrat John J. Cavanaugh III. He ran again in 1980 and defeated Cavanaugh in a year Republican's made big gains nationwide thanks to presidential nominee Ronald Reagan's coattails. Daub would be reelected three more times in 1982, 1984, and 1986.
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