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Tom Sansonetti
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division
In office
December 2001 – April 8, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byLois J. Schiffer
Succeeded bySue Ellen Wooldridge
Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior
In office
June 1990 – January 1993
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byMartin Lewis Allday
Succeeded byJohn D. Leshy
Chair of the Wyoming Republican Party
In office
1983–1987
Preceded byFred Schroeder
Succeeded byMark Hughes
Personal details
BornThomas Lawrence Sansonetti
(1949-05-18) May 18, 1949 (age 75)
Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKristi Ann Todd
Alma materUniversity of Virginia (BA, MBA)
Washington and Lee University (JD)
ProfessionLawyer

Thomas Lawrence Sansonetti (born May 18, 1949), is an attorney and a former government official from the U.S. state of Wyoming. He now resides in Greenwood Village, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.

After graduation from high school, he earned an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and his Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia. From 1983 to 1987, Sansonetti served as Chair of the Wyoming Republican Party. In 1989, he became legislative director for newly elected U.S. Representative Craig L. Thomas, and shortly afterwards was chosen to be his chief of staff. In 1991, he became Solicitor of the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he served until 1993. He then joined the Cheyenne law firm of Holland and Hart, where he worked until being appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department. He is considered to be a strong conservative but has never held elective office.

Sansonetti received the most votes from the GOP central committee to succeed his former mentor, Senator Thomas, who died on June 4, 2007. He advanced as one of the state GOP's three party nominees for senator. Governor Dave Freudenthal appointed State Senator John Barrasso, an orthopedic surgeon from Casper.

References

  1. "PN1136 - Nomination of Thomas Lawrence Sansonetti for Department of the Interior, 101st Congress (1989-1990)". 26 April 1990.
  2. "PN253 - Nomination of John D. Leshy for Department of the Interior, 103rd Congress (1993-1994)". 18 May 1993.
  3. "17 Dec 1983, 13 - Casper Star-Tribune at". Newspapers.com. 1983-12-17. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. "26 Apr 1987, 1 - Casper Star-Tribune at". Newspapers.com. 1987-04-26. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  5. "Thomas L. Sansonetti (2001-2005)". U.S. Department of Justice. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  6. "Thomas Sansonetti".
  7. Governor names John Barrasso as next U.S. senator Associated Press – June 22, 2007. Retrieved June 22, 2007


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