In 1989 this Missouri Democrat became House Majority Leader
Richard A. 
Gephardt, first elected to Congress in 1976 from Missouri's Third Congressional 
District,... [DOC] [TLE] Gephardt, Gray Win Party Posts : Majority Leader, Whip Vow to Seek ... [PAR] House Democrats, moving to rebuild a party leadership devastated by ethics ... 
June 15, 1989|WILLIAM J. EATON | Times Staff Writer ... Richard A. Gephardt of 
Missouri to be their new majority leader and chose the ... that he would not seek 
the Democratic nomination for President in 1992 if he became the majority leader
.