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Presidential Candidates Background Chart
2004 US election
| 2004 presidential candidate | birth | education | occupation prior to running | military service | marital status | children | home state | religious affiliation |
| George W Bush (R) (web site) |
6 July 1946 | Bachelor's, Yale. MBA, Harvard. |
Businessman, Governor of Texas, incumbent US
President |
Texas Air National Guard, 1969–73 |
married |
2 daughters |
Texas |
United Methodist |
| John F Kerry (D) (web site) |
11 December 1943, Aurora, Colorado | Bachelor's, Yale. Law, Boston College. |
Prosecutor, Senator from Massachusetts |
Lieutenant, Navy, 1966–70. Served in Vietnam. Silver Star, Bronze Star, 3 Purple Hearts, 2 Presidential Unit Citations, National Defense Medal. Naval Reserves 1972–78. | married |
2 daughters from previous
marriage, 3 stepsons |
Massachusetts |
Roman Catholic |
| Ralph Nader (I) (web site) |
27 February 1934 | Bachelor's, Princeton. Law, Harvard. |
consumer advocate |
none | single |
none |
Connecticut |
Christian |
| Dennis Kucinich (D) * (web site) |
10 October 1946 | Bachelor's, Master's of Arts in
Communications, Case Western Reserve Univ. |
US Representative from Ohio |
none |
divorced |
1 daughter |
Ohio |
Roman Catholic |
| Al Sharpton (D) * |
3 October 1954 | attended Brooklyn College. |
ordained minister, political
activist, community activist |
none |
married |
2 daughters |
New York |
Pentecostal |
| John Edwards (D) * |
10 June 1953 | Bachelor's, North Carolina State
Univ. Law, Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill. |
trial lawyer, Senator from North
Carolina |
none |
married |
2 daughters, 2 sons, 1 of the
sons deceased |
North Carolina |
Methodist |
| Howard Dean (D) * |
17 November 1948 | Bachelor's, Yale. MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. |
physician, Governor of Vermont |
none |
married |
1 daughter, 1 son |
Vermont |
Congregationalist |
| Wesley Clark (D) * |
23 December 1944 | Bachelor's, West Point. Master's, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, Oxford. |
General, US Army, consultant,
media commentator |
Army (1966–2000). Served in Vietnam. Purple Heart, Silver Star, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal. Commanded NATO's Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. Retired as four-star general and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. | married |
1 son |
Arkansas |
Roman Catholic |
| Joe Lieberman (D) * |
24 February 1942 | Bachelor's, Law, Yale. |
Senator from Connecticut |
none |
married |
1 son, 2 daughters |
Connecticut |
Orthodox Jew |
| Dick Gephardt (D) * |
31 January 1941 | Bachelor's, Northwestern. Law, Univ of Michigan. |
US Representative from Missouri |
Missouri Air National Guard,
1965–71 |
married |
1 son, 2 daughters |
Missouri |
Baptist |
| Carol Mosely Braun (D) * |
16 August 1947 | Bachelor's, Univ of Illinois. Law, Univ of Chicago. |
Senator from Illinois,
ambassador, consultant |
none |
divorced |
1 son |
Illinois |
Roman Catholic |
| Bob Graham (D) * |
9 November 1936 | Bachelor's, Univ of Florida. Law, Harvard. |
Governor of Florida, Senator
from Florida |
none |
married |
4 daughters |
Florida |
United Church of Christ |
* = Candidate has withdrawn from race as of 16 March 2004.
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