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Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp
(July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician and a
collegiate
and
professional football
player. A
Republican
, he served as
Housing Secretary
in the administration of President
George H. W. Bush
from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a
congressman
for
Western New York
's
31st congressional district
from 1971 to 1989. He was the Republican Party's nominee for Vice President in the
1996 election
, where he was the running mate of presidential nominee
Bob Dole
. Kemp had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the
1988 Republican primaries
.
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