Full Name:
Thomas 'Tom' E. Petri
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Anne; 1 Child: Alexandra
Birth Date:
05/28/1940
Birth Place:
Marinette, WI
Home City:
Fond du Lac, WI
Religion:
Lutheran
JD, Harvard University Law School, 1965
BA, Harvard University, 1962
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1979-2014
Senator, Wisconsin State Senate, 1973-1979
Candidate, United States Senate, 1974
Member, Army Caucus
Member, Congressional Bike Caucus
Member, Congressional Coalition on Adoption
Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Member, Congressional Grace Caucus
Member, Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Member, Congressional Older Americans Caucus
Member, Congressional Rural Caucus
Member, Congressional Savings and Ownership Caucus
Member, Congressional Sportsman's Caucus
Member, Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
Member, House British-American Parliamentary Group, present
Member, Law Enforcement Caucus
Member, Porkbusters Coalition
Member, Public Pension Reform Caucus
Member, Rural Health Care Coalition
Member, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, United States House of Representatives, 1987-1990
Experience, Author
Founder, Ripon Society
Attorney, 1970-1979
Director of Crime Studies, White House Advisory Council on Executive Reorganization, 1969-1970
Executive Director, Ripon Society, 1968
Law Clerk, United States Judge James Doyle, Western District of Wisconsin, 1965-1966
Member, Fond du Lac Bar Association
Former Chair, House British-American Parliamentary Group
Former Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Member, National Guard and Reserve Component Organization
Member, Wisconsin State Bar Association
Volunteer, United States Agency for International Development, Somalia, 1966-1967
Volunteer, United States Peace Corps, Somalia, 1966-1967
Volunteer, Operation Crossroads, 1961
Astrological Sign:
Gemini
Awards:
Guardian of Small Business, National Federation of Independent Business
National Security Leadership Award, American Security Council
Father's Occupation:
Navy Flier, Lt. Commander
Favorite Book:
New Testament, Washington: The Indispensable Man (James Flexner), The Decline of the West (Oswald Spengler), Lives (Plutarch's Volumes), The Theory of the Leisure Class (Thorstein Veblin), Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, The Birth of the Modern World Society: 1815-1830 (Paul Johnson)
Favorite Movie:
Casablanca, Lord of the Rings, The Thin Man, Star Wars
Favorite Musician:
Beatles, Haydn, Beethoven
Favorite TV Shows:
News Hour, Dr. Who, Sherlock Holmes
Hobbies or Special Talents:
Swimming, Reading, Walking, Biking, Skiing, Playing Bridge
Mother's Name:
Marian
Mother's Occupation:
Public School Teacher