Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Photography Collection

AKIN, W. Todd, a Representative from Missouri; born in New York, N.Y., July 5, 1947; B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., 1971; M.Div., Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1984; United States Army, 1971-1980; member of the Missouri state house of representatives, 1988-2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2001-January 3, 2013); not a candidate for reelection in 2012, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate.