Ralph Northam
| Ralph Northam | |
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| 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2014 |
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| Governor | Terry McAuliffe |
| Preceded by | Bill Bolling |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 6th district |
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In office January 9, 2008 – January 11, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Nick Rerras |
| Succeeded by | Lynwood Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ralph Shearer Northam September 13, 1959 Nassawadox, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Pam |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Virginia Military Institute (BS) Eastern Virginia Medical School (MD) |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1984–1992 |
| Rank |
 Major
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| Unit | Medical Corps |
Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American physician and politician, currently serving as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. On November 5, 2013, Northam became the first Democrat since Tim Kaine in 2001 to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, defeating the Republican nominee, E.W. Jackson.
Northam is the son of Nancy B. Shearer, a nurse, and her husband Wescott B. Northam, a former Commonwealth's Attorney and Circuit Court judge in Accomack County, Virginia, and . He grew up in Onancock, Virginia.
Northam attended Virginia Military Institute from 1977 until his graduation four years later in 1981. During his First Classman (Senior) year, Northam was President of the Honor Court, presiding over cases brought before the Court in which cadets were tried for offenses under the Institute's Honor Code. He went on to Eastern Virginia Medical School, obtaining his M.D. degree in 1984.
From 1984 to 1992 he served as a United States Army physician, attaining the rank of major. During his army service, he completed a pediatric residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, followed by a child neurology fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. During Operation Desert Storm, he treated evacuated casualties at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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