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|birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = Kay Kirkpatrick |children = 4 |residence =Tulsa, Oklahoma |occupation = Businessman |alma_mater = University of Tulsa |religion = Presbyterianism |website = |allegiance = |branch = United States Army |serviceyears = 1956–1958 |rank = 25px Specialist 4 }} James Mountain Inhofe (; born November 17, 1934) is the senior United States senator from Oklahoma and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1994, he was the ranking member of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and was its chairman from 2003 to 2007, then regained the chairmanship in January 2015. Inhofe served eight years as the United States representative for before his election to the Senate in 1994 and also previously served as both an Oklahoma state representative and senator. ==Early life, education, and business career== Inhofe was born in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Blanche (née Mountain) and Perry Dyson Inhofe.〔http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/presbyterian.html〕 He moved with his family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was a child. He was a member of the Class of 1953 at Tulsa Central High School,〔Andrea Eger, ("Central grads to be honored" ), ''Tulsa World'', November 12, 2000.〕 and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1958.〔("James Mountain Inhofe, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress" )〕 Inhofe received a B.A. degree when he was nearly 40 years old from the University of Tulsa in 1973. Inhofe worked as a businessman for 30 years before becoming a full-time politician. He worked in the field of aviation, as a real estate developer, and in insurance, eventually becoming the president of the Quaker Life Insurance Company. During the time he worked for Quaker Life, the company went into receivership; it was liquidated in 1986.〔(Hyde Mulvihill APC Lawyers – "Insurers in Liquidation, Rehabilitation and under Conservation/Supervision" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Inhofe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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