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Cheney is a distant cousin of both Harry S. Truman and Barack Obama; the three share a common ancestor in Mareen Duvall, a Huguenot who fled from France to England in the 17th century and later settled in Maryland.
Cheney's brother, Bob, is a former civil servant at the Bureau of Land Management. His wife, Lynne, was chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1986 to 1996. She is now a public speaker, author, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Oct 1, 2007 · The Cheney family knew that William Cheney was among the Puritans who had come to America in 1640 and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Nine generations later, Dick Cheney’s grandparents, Thomas Cheney and Margaret Tyler, married in Nebraska.
Nov 21, 2013 · When Gerald Ford lost the 1976 election, his young chief of staff, Dick Cheney, decided to return with his family (wife Lynne and daughters Liz and Mary) to Wyoming, his home state,...
Jun 17, 2024 · Cheney was the son of Richard Herbert Cheney, a soil-conservation agent, and Marjorie Lauraine Dickey Cheney. He was born in Nebraska and grew up in Casper , Wyoming . He entered Yale University in 1959 but failed to graduate.
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under George W. Bush. He briefly served as Acting President of the United States on two occasions during which Bush underwent medical procedures.
May 30, 2023 · His father worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a soil conservation agent and was a registered Democrat. He has a brother, Bob, and a sister, Susan. Cheney grew up in Casper, Wyoming, and met his high-school sweetheart and future wife, Lynne Vincent, at age fourteen.
Dec 6, 2023 · The former congresswoman tells PEOPLE that her father, Dick Cheney, feared for her safety during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot after she spoke out against Donald Trump for denying the 2020 election...
Mary Claire Cheney (/ ˈ tʃ eɪ n i /; born March 14, 1969) is the younger of the two daughters of Dick Cheney, the 46th vice president of the United States and 17th United States secretary of defense, and Lynne Cheney. She is involved with a number of political action committees.
Dec 30, 2002 · Dick and Lynne Cheney were just ahead of the baby boomers. They were married (in 1964) and had two daughters (in 1966 and ’69) as the grand social transformations of the 1960s were heating up.
