What is Tommy Thompson?
{{Infobox officeholder |birth_name=Tommy George Thompson |name = Tommy Thompson |image = Tommy Thompson 1.jpg |caption = Thompson circa 2001 |office = 19th [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] |president = [[George W. Bush]] |term_start = February 2, 2001 |term_end = January 26, 2005 |predecessor = [[Donna Shalala]] |successor = [[Mike Leavitt]] |order2 = [[List of Governors of Wisconsin|42nd]] [[Governor of Wisconsin]] |lieutenant2 = [[Scott McCallum]] |term_start2 = January 5, 1987 |term_end2 = February 1, 2001 |predecessor2 = [[Tony Earl]] |successor2 = [[Scott McCallum]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|11|19}} |birth_place = [[Elroy, Wisconsin]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] |spouse = Sue Ann Mashak {{small|(1968–present)}} |alma_mater = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin, Madison]] |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = [[File:United States Department of the Army Seal.svg|20px|United States Army seal]] [[United States Army]] |rank = [[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|15px]] [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]]}} '''Tommy George Thompson''' (born November 19, 1941) is an [[Americans|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[politician]]. He was a [[Wisconsin Legislature|state legislator]] in [[Wisconsin]], and [[List of Governors of Wisconsin|42nd]] [[Governor of Wisconsin]] from 1987 to 2001. Thompson is the longest serving governor in the state's history. During his term as governor he was the chairman of [[Amtrak]], the nation's passenger rail service. He served as the [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services]] from 2001 through 2005, appointed by [[George W. Bush]]. After his time in the Bush Administration, Thompson was a partner with the law-firm [[Akin Gump]] and Chairman of [[Deloitte]]'s global healthcare practice