Steve Freudenthal | |
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Chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party | |
In office 1999–2001 | |
Member of the WyomingHouseofRepresentatives from the Laramie County district | |
In office 1987–1991 | |
Preceded by | Ellen Crowley-Suyematsu |
Succeeded by | Edith Garcia |
28th Attorney General of Wyoming | |
In office 1981–1983 | |
Governor | Ed Herschler |
Preceded by | John D. Troughton |
Succeeded by | Arch McClintock |
Personal details | |
Born | Thermopolis,Wyoming | June 8,1949
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Trinity College (B.A.) Vanderbilt University (J.D.) |
Steven F. Freudenthal (born June 8,1949) is a Democratic politician who served as the 28th Attorney General of Wyoming from 1981 until 1983. [1]
After graduating from Vanderbilt University,Freudenthal served as an Assistant Attorney General for Wyoming from 1975 until 1977. [2] In 1981,Governor Ed Herschler tapped Freudenthal,who had once been his law partner,to succeed John Troughton as Attorney General of Wyoming. [3] Freudenthal served as Attorney General until 1983.
In 1986,Freudenthal was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives to represent Laramie County. [4] He served two terms before retiring in 1991. In 1999,Freudenthal was chosen by Wyoming Democrats to serve as the state chair of the Wyoming Democratic Party. [2] Freudenthal served until 2001.
Freudenthal is currently of counsel at Pence and MacMillan in Cheyenne. [2] He is also a partner with Freudenthal and Bonds P.C. in Cheyenne.
Freudenthal is the older brother of former Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal. [5]
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