John Barrasso
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United States Senator from Wyoming |
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Assumed office June 22, 2007 Serving with Mike Enzi |
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| Preceded by | Craig Thomas |
| Chair of the Senate Environment Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Jim Inhofe |
| Chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Jon Tester |
| Succeeded by | John Hoeven |
| Member of the Wyoming Senate from the 27th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – June 22, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Hinchey |
| Succeeded by | Bill Landen |
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John Anthony Barrasso III July 21, 1952 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Nix (Divorced) Bobbi Brown |
| Children | 3 |
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Georgetown University (BS, MD) |
| Website | Senate website |
John Anthony Barrasso III /bəˈrɑːsoʊ/ (born July 21, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Wyoming and a member of the Republican Party. He was appointed to the Senate in June 2007, following the death of Craig L. Thomas, and won a special election in 2008 to fill the remaining four years of Thomas's term. He was re-elected to a full six-year term in 2012.
Barrasso was born in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1952, the son of Louise M. (née DeCisco) and John Anthony Barrasso, Jr. He is of Italian descent. He is a 1970 graduate of the former Central Catholic High School, which, in 2011, combined with Holy Name High School to form Berks Catholic HS, in Reading, PA. Barrasso began his college career at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (where he became a member of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity) and transferred to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., graduating with a bachelor of science degree in 1974. He also received his M.D. degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 1978. He conducted his residency at Yale Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut.
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