Todd Akin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Todd Akin

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2001–
Preceded by	Jim Talent
Succeeded by	Incumbent

Born	July 05, 1947 (age 59) New York City, New York
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lulli Akin
Religion	Presbyterian

W. Todd Akin (born July 5, 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing Missouri's 2nd congressional district (map).

Born in New York City, he later moved to St. Louis, and attended John Burroughs School. After graduating, he attended the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and earned a degree in Management Engineering. He also served in the U.S. Army Combat Engineers. Akin was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives representing the Town and Country area in 1988. He was re-elected five times. In 2000, US Representative Jim Talent did not seek re-election because he was running for Governor of Missouri. Akin won a closely contested Republican primary election to replace Talent, defeating former St. Louis County Executive Gene McNary and Missouri State Senator Franc Flotron [1]. He defeated Missouri Senator Ted House in the general election, winning 55% of the vote. [2]

He is currently a member of the Armed Services Committee, Science Committee, and Small Business Committee, where he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight.

This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article.
Please improve it or discuss changes on the talk page. See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions.

[edit] Quotes

"Could you picture Davy Crockett at the Alamo looking at his BlackBerry, getting a message from Congress: Davy Crockett, we support you. The only thing is we are not going to send any troops. I am sure that would really be impressive to Davy Crockett" - Todd Akin, 2/13/2007, during the debate on a resolution opposing the troop escalation in Iraq. Source