What is Tom Carper?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Tom Carper |image = Tom Carper, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Delaware]] |term_start = January 3, 2001 |term_end = January 3, 2025 |predecessor = [[William V. Roth, Jr.|Bill Roth]] |successor = [[Lisa Blunt Rochester]] |office1 = Ranking Member of the [[United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works|Senate Environment Committee]] |term_start1 = January 3, 2017 |term_end1 = January 3, 2025 |predecessor1 = [[Barbara Boxer]] |successor1 = [[Shelley Moore Capito]] |office2 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Senate Homeland Security Committee]] |term_start2 = January 3, 2013 |term_end2 = January 3, 2015 |predecessor2 = [[Joe Lieberman]] |successor2 = [[Ron Johnson]] |order3 = 71st [[List of Governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]] |lieutenant3 = [[Ruth Ann Minner]] |term_start3 = January 19, 1993 |term_end3 = January 3, 2001 |predecessor3 = [[Dale E. Wolf|Dale Wolf]] |successor3 = [[Ruth Ann Minner]] |state4 = [[Delaware]] |district4 = {{ushr|DE|AL|At-large}} |term_start4 = January 3, 1983 |term_end4 = January 3, 1993 |predecessor4 = [[Thomas B. Evans, Jr.|Thomas Evans]] |successor4 = [[Michael Castle]] |office5 = Treasurer of Delaware |governor5 = [[Pierre S. du Pont IV|Pete du Pont]] |term_start5 = January 18, 1977 |term_end5 = January 3, 1983 |predecessor5 = Mary Jornlin |successor5 = Janet Rzewnicki |birth_name = Thomas Richard Carper |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|23}} |birth_place = [[Beckley, West Virginia|Beckley]], [[West Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Diane Isaacs {{small|(1978–1983)}}<br>Martha Stacy {{small|(1985–present)}} |education = [[Ohio State University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[University