Larry Pressler
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United States Senator from South Dakota |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | James Abourezk |
| Succeeded by | Tim Johnson |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Dakota's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Denholm |
| Succeeded by | Tom Daschle |
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Larry Lee Pressler March 29, 1942 Humboldt, South Dakota, U.S. |
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Republican (Before 2013) Independent (2013–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Pressler |
| Children | Laura |
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University of South Dakota St Edmund Hall, Oxford Harvard University |
| Religion | Mormonism |
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is a U.S. politician from South Dakota. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–79) and three terms in the U.S. Senate (1979–97), losing re-election to Tim Johnson (1996). He was the first Vietnam veteran to be elected to the Senate.
Since leaving the Senate, Pressler has served as a lawyer, business advisor, and lecturer and has remained active in politics and government. He has either considered running, or briefly run, for office several times. In December 2013, Pressler announced that he would run as an independent in the 2014 mid-term elections for the U.S. Senate seat he lost to Johnson, who was retiring. Pressler lost the election to Mike Rounds.
For the 2016 presidential election, Pressler endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Pressler was born in Humboldt, South Dakota, the son of Loretta Genevieve (Claussen) and Antone Lewis Pressler. He was raised on his family's farm. He is a graduate of the University of South Dakota, Oxford University (attending St. Edmund Hall as a Rhodes Scholar), the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Harvard Law School.
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