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Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, he is the son of Hugh Gregg, who was governor of the state from 1953 to 1955. Gregg graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1965. He earned an A.B. from Columbia University in 1969, a J.D.redirects here; for alternate uses, see J. disambiguation J. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor also called a Doctor of Law or Doctorate of Jurisprudence and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U. law school after successfully in 1972 and an LL.M.The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. It is commonly abbreviated LL. M from its Latin name, Legum Magister. For a female student, the expression is Legum Magistra''. In order to become in 1975, both from Boston UniversityBoston University is a non-sectarian private university located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1839 in Vermont as a Methodist seminary, then transferred to New Hampshire in 1847, and finally moved to Boston in 1867. The university, with over.
Gregg was elected to the United States House of RepresentativesThe House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the United States Congress, the other being the United States Senate. Members Members of the House are elected for a term of two years. Elections alternately coincide with the president in 1980. He was reelected in 1982, 1984 and 1986. He declined to run for reelection in 1988, and ran for governor instead. He won that election and served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993. He was reelected in 1990, New Hampshire being one of the few states which continues to give its governors two-year, rather than four-year, terms.
In 1992, he took another successful political risk, as he decided to run for the United States Senate instead of running for governor again, and won the election. Gregg has been a United States Senator since 1993. He was reelected to a second term in 1998 and ran for a third term in the U.S. Senate election, 2004Elections to the United States Senate were held on November 2, 2004, with 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested. Since Senators are elected for six-year terms, those elected will serve from January 3, 2005 until January 3, 2011. Those Senators. He won that election, defeating Democrat Doris HaddockDoris "Granny D" Haddock (born January 24, 1910) is an American activist from the state of New Hampshire. Haddock famously walked across the continental United States in 1999 to advocate campaign finance reform. Haddock was the Democratic candidate for a 66%-34%.
In OctoberOctober is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. From the Latin octo for " eight" (it was originally the eighth month of the year, before January and February were inserted). Holidays Halloween Thanksgiving Day in Canada on, 2003, the Senator's wife, Kathy Gregg, was kidnapped during an attempted burglary at the couple's Fairfax County, Virginia home. Mrs. Gregg escaped harm after her captors forced her to drive to a local bank and withdraw money. Two days later, two suspects were arrested in New Jersey and charged in that state with aggravated assault on a police officer and possession of stolen property. Virginia authorities charged them with kidnapping, burglary, and robbery.
In 2004, news accounts reported that Gregg was serving as a stand-in for John Kerry in the debate practice sessions being held by President George W. Bush.