Matt Mead
| Matt Mead | |
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| 32nd Governor of Wyoming | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Freudenthal |
| U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming | |
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In office October 12, 2001 – June 7, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Dave Freudenthal |
| Succeeded by | Kelly Rankin |
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Matthew Hansen Mead March 11, 1962 Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Mead |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Governor's Mansion |
| Alma mater |
Trinity University, Texas (BA) University of Wyoming (JD) |
Matthew Hansen "Matt" Mead (born March 11, 1962) is an American politician who has served as the 32nd Governor of Wyoming since 2011. A Republican, he is a maternal grandson of Governor and U.S. Senator Clifford Hansen.
Mead, the son of Peter Bradford Mead and Mary Elisabeth Hansen Mead, was born and reared in Jackson, Wyoming. Mead graduated in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in radio/television from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas where he was a member of the Bengal Lancer fraternity among other pursuits. He then went on to earn a law degree from the University of Wyoming at Laramie. After law school, he served as a county and federal prosecutor and also practiced in a private law firm.
In 2001, Mead was appointed United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming by President George W. Bush. He served until June 2007, when he resigned to seek the Senate seat vacated by the death of fellow Republican Craig L. Thomas. His resignation was required under the Hatch Act of 1939.
In accordance with Wyoming state law (which requires that, in the event a Senate seat is vacated, a nominee must be of the same political party as the predecessor), the Republican party selected the three candidates from which Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal could make his selection. On the third ballot, The Republican State Central Committee, by fourteen votes, eliminated Mead from consideration. Freudenthal chose state Senator John Barrasso; the others he considered were former State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis of Cheyenne and former Republican State Chairman and lobbyist Tom Sansonetti, who had been an aide to Thomas.
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