What is Jim Talent?
{{Infobox Senator | name = Jim Talent | image = Jim Talent official photo.jpg | imagesize = | jr/sr = United States Senator | state = [[Missouri]] | term_start = November 25, 2002 | term_end = January 3, 2007 | predecessor = [[Jean Carnahan]] | successor = [[Claire McCaskill]] | state1 = [[Missouri]] | district1 = 2nd | term_start1 = January 3, 1993 | term_end1 = January 3, 2001 | predecessor1 = [[Joan Kelly Horn]] | successor1 = [[Todd Akin]] | office2 = Chairman of the [[United States House Committee on Small Business|House Small Business Committee]] | term_start2 = January 3, 1997 | term_end2 = January 3, 2001 | preceded2 = [[Jan Meyers]] | succeeded2 = [[Don Manzullo]] | office3 = Member of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]] | term_start3 = 1985 | term_end3 = 1993 | preceded3 = | succeeded3 = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|18}} | birth_place = [[Des Peres, Missouri]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Lawyer|Attorney]] | residence = | spouse = Brenda Lee Lyons Talent | children = Katy Talent<br>Chrissy Talent<br>Michael Talent | alma_mater = [[Washington University in St. Louis]]<small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small><br>[[University of Chicago]] Law School <small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small> | religion = }} '''Jim Talent''' (born October 18, 1956) is a former [[United States Senator]] from the state of [[Missouri]]. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republican Party]]. He was in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1993 to 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Talent, James Matthes|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000024|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 9, 2015}}</ref> Talent was born on October 18, 1956 in [[Des Peres, Missouri]]. He studied at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and at [[University of Chicago]] Law School. He is married to Brenda Lee Lyons Talent. They