Larry Craig
U.S. Congressperson
1945 –
Who is Larry Craig?
Larry Edwin Craig is a former Republican politician from the U.S. state of Idaho. He served 18 years in the U.S. Senate, preceded by 10 years in the U.S. House, representing Idaho's first district. His 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history, trailing only William Borah, who served over 32 years in the Senate. In addition to serving in Congress, Craig has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association since 1983. Craig was selected for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2007.
On August 27, 2007, the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call revealed that Craig had been arrested for lewd conduct in the men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 11, 2007, and entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct on August 8, 2007. Despite firmly stating that he was not and never had been gay, Craig announced his intention to resign from the Senate at a news conference on September 1, 2007, but later decided to finish the remainder of his term.
Craig was not a candidate for re-election in 2008.
Famous Quotes:
- Or the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Speaking on NBC's Meet The Press, Craig told Tim Russert: "The American people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy - a naughty boy. I’m going to speak out for the citizens of my state, who in the majority think that Bill Clinton is probably even a nasty, bad, naughty boy.”
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1945
Council - Also known as
- Крейг, Ларри Эдвин
- Spouses
- Suzanne Thompson
(1983/07 - ) - Suzanne Thompson
(1983 - )
- Suzanne Thompson
- Religion
- Methodism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Idaho
Political Science
( - 1969) - George Washington University
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Idaho
- Lived in
- Eagle
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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