In 1989 this Missouri Democrat became House Majority Leader
- Politics [PAR] Sep 15, 2016 ... Former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt ... Then: Gephardt served as a 
Democratic congressman from Missouri from 1977 to 2005 and was House 
majority leader from 1989 until 1995, when Republicans ... Then: By the time he 
became the Republican presidential nominee in 1996, former Senate... [DOC] [TLE] Gephardt to give Commencement address | The Source ... [PAR] Mar 17, 2005 ... Richard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority leader, has been selected to 
give the ... nearly three decades as U.S. representative for Missouri's 3rd District.