Dick Cheney facts for kids

Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
46th Vice President of the United States
	In office; January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Al Gore
Succeeded by	Joe Biden
17th United States Secretary of Defense
	In office; March 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Deputy	Donald J. Atwood, Jr.
Preceded by	Frank Carlucci
Succeeded by	Les Aspin
15th U.S. House Minority Whip
	In office; January 3 – March 20, 1989
Leader	Robert H. Michel
Preceded by	Trent Lott
Succeeded by	Newt Gingrich
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Wyoming's At-large district
	In office; January 3, 1979 – March 20, 1989
Preceded by	Teno Roncalio
Succeeded by	Craig L. Thomas
7th White House Chief of Staff
	In office; November 21, 1975 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Donald Rumsfeld
Succeeded by	Hamilton Jordan
Personal details
Born	January 30, 1941 (age 79); Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lynne Cheney
Children	Elizabeth Cheney; Mary Cheney
Residence	McLean, Virginia; Jackson, Wyoming
Alma mater	University of Wyoming
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Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is an American Republican politician and businessman who served as Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A Republican, he ran in the 2000 US Presidential Election with George W. Bush, and successfully won re-election in the 2004 US Presidential Election.

Political career

Cheney is popular among the Bush family, and served in the George H. W. Bush administration from 1989-1993 as a cabinet member. He was as a Congressman, and White House Chief of Staff.

Before being Vice President

He was also in charge of a large defense company called Halliburton when he was out of office during the Clinton presidency.

Vice Presidential term

As Vice President, Cheney was the head of the Senate and cast six tie-breaking votes and he was replaced by Joe Biden as Vice President on January 20, 2009.

Personal life

Cheney lives in Wyoming. He is an active hunter. In 2006, he shot a friend by mistake while hunting. He did not run for President in 2008. He has criticized President Barack Obama. His wife Lynne Cheney is a distant cousin of President Barack Obama and he is an 8th cousin of President Barack Obama. He is a 9th cousin, once removed of George W. Bush. Cheney is distantly related to Harry S. Truman and Robert Duvall by the Duvall family. He is distantly related to American Express founder Benjamin Pierce Cheney.

Health

On 24 March 2012, Cheney underwent a seven hour heart transplant process. Cheney has had several heart attacks.

Family

Dick and Lynne Cheney have 2 daughters, Elizabeth and Mary.

Images for kids

White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld (left) and his assistant Cheney (right) meet with President Gerald Ford at the White House, April 1975
Cheney meets with President Ronald Reagan, July 1983
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, 1989–1993
Secretary Cheney with President Bush, 1991
Secretary of Defense Cheney delivering a speech before the launch of destroyer USS Arleigh Burke
Secretary of Defense Cheney during a press conference on the Gulf War
Cheney meets with Prince Sultan, Minister of Defence and Aviation in Saudi Arabia to discuss how to handle the invasion of Kuwait
Cheney speaks to US troops at Camp Anaconda, Iraq in 2008
President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus (right) meets with Vice President Cheney in Vilnius, May 2006
Cheney (far right) with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and President Bush
Handwritten note above Joe Wilson's editorial by Cheney referring to the covert agent before the leak took place
Cheney speaks to the press flanked by fellow Republicans Mitch McConnell (left) and Trent Lott, April 2007
Pope Benedict XVI, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney at a farewell ceremony for the Pope at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
Vice President Cheney escorts former first lady Nancy Reagan at the commissioning ceremony of the USS Ronald Reagan, 2003
Cheney walks with Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, May 2007
Cheney speaking at CPAC in February 2011.
Cheney in 2012, promoting his book