"The Presidency and the Constitution", Congressman Mike Pence

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Mike Pence was born in Columbus, Indiana. He graduated from Hanover College in 1981 and earned his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law in 1986.
Following graduation from law school, Pence ran for Congress in 1988 and 1990. In 1991, he was named president of the Indiana Policy Review Commission, a conservative state think tank based in Fort Wayne, IN.

Pence was first elected to Congress in 2000 and was most recently elected to a fifth term in November of 2008. He also was elected unanimously by House Republicans to serve as House Republican Conference Chairman in November 2008. During the 109th Congress, Congressman Pence served as Chairman of the House Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus in the House of Representatives. Congressman Pence has emerged as a national spokesman for conservative principles, having been profiled in different newspapers and appearing regularly on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.

Congressman Pence describes himself as "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order." He has a wife and 3 children.