Vice President Mike Pence: A Short Biography
By Doug West
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Mike Pence is an American politician who has been serving as the fiftieth governor of Indiana since January 2013. He is currently the vice president-elect of the United States and will take office in January 2017, entering history as the forty-eighth vice president of the United States. In 2008, Esquire magazine included Pence on the list of the ten best members of the Congress, after Pence had positioned himself among the conservatives as an ideologue with strong principles. He was considered a viable Republican candidate for the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012. In September 2010, Pence was voted the top choice for president in a straw poll run by the Values Voter Summit.
Mike Pence is considered the most conservative vice president-elect of the past forty years, and his name has often reached nationwide attention due to several controversies.
This short book covers the life of Mike Pence from his early years growing up in Indiana and chronicles his rise to power through the political ranks to become the vice president-elect of the United States.
Doug West
Doug West is a retired engineer, small business owner, and an experienced non-fiction writer with several books to his credit. His writing interests are general, with expertise in science, history, biographies, numismatics, and “How to” topics. Doug has a B.S. in Physics from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in General Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He lives with his wife and little dog “Millie” near Kansas City, Missouri.
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Vice President Mike Pence - Doug West
Vice President Mike Pence - A Short Biography
By Doug West, Ph.D.
Vice President Mike Pence – A Short Biography
Copyright © 2017 Doug West
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Education and Early Political Career
Chapter 2: Governor of Indiana
Chapter 3: Major Controversies
Chapter 4: Vice President of the United States
Chapter 5: Personal Life
Appendix: Mike Pence’s Speech at the Republican National Convention
Acknowledgements
Online References
About the author
Additional books by Doug West
Preface
Welcome to the book, Vice President Mike Pence - A Short Biography. This book is part of the 30 Minute Book Series and, as the name of the series implies, if you are an average reader this book will take around 30 minutes to read. Since this short book is not meant to be an all-encompassing biography of Mike Pence, you may want to know more about this man and his accomplishments. To help you with this, there are several good references at the end of this book. Thank you for purchasing this book. I hope you enjoy your time reading about Mike Pence.
Doug West
January 2017
Introduction
Mike Pence is an American politician who has been serving as the fiftieth governor of Indiana since January 2013. He is currently the vice president-elect of the United States and will take office in January 2017, entering history as the forty-eighth vice president of the United States. In 2008, Esquire magazine included Pence on the list of the ten best members of the Congress, after Pence had positioned himself among the conservatives as an ideologue with strong principles. He was considered a viable Republican candidate for the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012. In September 2010, Pence was voted the top choice for president in a straw poll run by the Values Voter Summit.
Mike Pence is considered the most conservative vice president-elect of the past forty years, and his name has often reached nationwide attention due to several controversies.
This short book covers the life of Mike Pence from his early years growing up in Indiana and chronicles his rise to power through the political ranks to become