Todd Palin
| Todd Palin | |
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Palin at the 2010 Time 100 Gala
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| First Gentleman of Alaska | |
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In office December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009 |
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| Governor | Sarah Palin |
| Preceded by | Nancy Murkowski |
| Succeeded by | Sandra Parnell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Todd Mitchell Palin September 6, 1964 Dillingham, Alaska, U.S. |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Palin (m. 1988) |
| Children | Track (b. 1989) Bristol (b. 1990) Willow (b. 1994) Piper (b. 2001) Trig (b. 2008) |
| Residence | Wasilla, Alaska |
| Alma mater |
Wasilla High School (High school diploma, 1982) |
| Occupation | Oil field production worker Commercial fisherman Snowmobile racer |
| Religion | Evangelical Christian |
Todd Mitchell Palin (born September 6, 1964) is an American oil field production operator, commercial fisherman and was first gentleman of Alaska, from 2006 to 2009. He is the husband of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee under John McCain.
Palin was born and raised in Dillingham, Alaska to James F. "Jim" and Blanche Palin (née Roberts). Palin has Yup'ik (from a great-grandmother), Dutch, and English ancestry.
In 1982, Palin graduated from Wasilla High School, which is the same alma mater of his wife and their eldest two children, son Track and daughter Bristol. He has taken some college courses but does not have a degree.
Palin was a union member and belonged to the United Steelworkers union.
For eighteen years, he worked for BP in the North Slope oil fields of Alaska. In 2007, in order to avoid a conflict of interest that related to his wife's position as governor, he took a leave from his job as production supervisor, when his employer became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with his wife's administration. Seven months later, because the family needed more income, Todd returned to BP. In order to avoid potential conflict of interest, this time, he accepted a non-management position as a production operator. He resigned from his job on September 18, 2009, with the stated reason as a desire to spend more time with his family.
He is also a commercial salmon fisherman at Bristol Bay on the Nushugak River.
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