Doug Harpool

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Mark D. "Doug" Harpool (born June 7, 1956) is a Democratic American politician, and a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives from southwest Missouri's 134th district. He served five terms from January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1992.

1 Early life
2 Politics
3 Sources
4 External links

[edit] Early life

Doug Harpool learned early how to build consensus. He has four brothers – an older set of twins and a younger set of twins. Doug and all four of his brothers attended public schools in Springfield, graduated from Parkview High School and graduated from Missouri State University. He attended the University of Missouri Law school and graduated in the top of his class. He was a frequent speaker at youth rallies and local revivals. It was at this church that he met Cindy McCord. They married in 1978 and have three children -- Ashley, Justin and Tyler. Cindy is a teacher at the Grant Avenue Baptist Church Preschool and Kindergarten.

[edit] Politics

While serving as a state representative, Harpool focused on crafting legislation to prevent crimes. Harpool was responsible for passing legislation for setting up the Missouri Ethics Commission. After setting up the Missouri Ethics Reform, he received the nickname "the bulldog of ethics" in the state legislature. ^[1]

He ran unsuccessfully for the Missouri Senate from the 30th district in 2006.