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Tom Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is a former governor of Pennsylvania (1995 to 2001) and the United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2001 to December, 2004. He attended Harvard University and graduated in 1967. In 1982, after serving in the Vietnam War with the Army and earning his law degree, he was elected to Congress as a Representative. He was reelected an amazing six terms in a row[1]. In 1995 he was elected governor of the state of Pennsylvania where he served two teams in office. Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Centers, Ridge was appointed by President George W. Bush as the first Office of Homeland Security Advisor in the history of the United States. He held the position until he stepped down on December 2, 2004[2]. He was replaced with Michael Chertoff.