Timeline: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's life and career

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© August 21, 2008

Feb. 26, 1958: Born in St. Paul, Minn.

1960: Moved to Overland Park, Kan., at age 2 when his father, an electrical engineer, was offered a job that allowed the family to be closer to relatives.

1976: Graduated from Rockhurst High School, a Catholic preparatory school.

1979: Earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Missouri. . He completed his degree in three years, graduated summa cum laude and was accepted at Harvard Law School

1980-1981: Took a break from law school, and traveled to El Progreso, Honduras, where he spends nine months as a missionary.

1983: Received his law degree.

Nov. 24, 1984: Married Anne Holton, a fellow Harvard Law School graduate whose father, Linwood Holton, was Virginia's governor from 1970-1974.

1988-1993: Taught legal ethics at the University of Richmond Law School.

1994: Elected to first of four terms on Richmond City Council. He won against incumbent City Councilman Benjamin Warthen by fewer than 100 votes.

1998: Demonstrated his skills as a lawyer when he won a $100 million jury verdict against Nationwide Insurance, which was accused of discriminating against predominantly black neighborhoods. The state Supreme Court later threw out the verdict; Kaine negotiated an out-of-court settlement for $17.5 million in 2000, netting his firm about $5.8 million in fees.

1998: Elected mayor by fellow council members.

2001: Elected lieutenant governor on a Democratic ticket headed by Mark R. Warner and stepped down from his law practice at McCandlish Kaine.

2005: Elected governor of Virginia.

January 14, 2006: Tim Kaine sworn in as the 70th Governor of Virginia.

April 2007: Praised for his actions and involvement in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre.

May 2007: Hosts Queen Elizabeth II at the Jamestown 2007 Celebration.

Summer 2008: Elected chairman of the Southern Governors Association.

August 2008: Discussed as a possible vice presidential running mate with Sen. Barack Obama.

Sources: The Virginian-Pilot, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Richmond Times-Dispatch

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