Bob Holden

Bob Holden
Official portrait, 2001
53rd Governor of Missouri
In office
January 8, 2001 – January 10, 2005
LieutenantJoe Maxwell
Preceded byRoger B. Wilson
Succeeded byMatt Blunt
42nd State Treasurer of Missouri
In office
January 11, 1993 – January 8, 2001
GovernorMel Carnahan
Roger B. Wilson
Preceded byWendell Bailey
Succeeded byNancy Farmer
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 136th district
In office
January 1983 – January 1989
Preceded byRobert Ellis Young[1]
Succeeded byB.J. Marsh[2]
Personal details
Born
Robert Lee Holden Jr.

(1949-08-24) August 24, 1949 (age 75)
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseLori Hauser
ChildrenRobert Lee Holden III, John D Holden
Alma materMissouri State University
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Robert Lee Holden Jr. (born August 24, 1949) is an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of Missouri from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the Missouri state treasurer from 1993 to 2001 and represented the 136th district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 to 1989. Since leaving public office, Holden has worked at Webster University, where he founded the Holden Public Policy Forum, and serves as the president and chairman of the United States Heartland China Association.

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MO State House 136 Race - Nov 02, 1982".
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MO State House 136 Race - Nov 04, 1986".