Steven F. Freudenthal (born June 8, 1949) is a

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politician who served as the 28th

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from 1981 until 1983.

Career

After graduating from

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, Freudenthal served as an Assistant Attorney General for Wyoming from 1975 until 1977. In 1981, Governor

Ed Herschler Edgar Jacob Herschler (October 27, 1918 – February 5, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of Wyoming from 1975 to 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the longest-serving Governor of Wyoming w ...

tapped Freudenthal, who had once been his law partner, to succeed John Troughton as

. Freudenthal served as Attorney General until 1983. In 1986, Freudenthal was elected to the

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to represent

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. He served two terms before retiring in 1991. In 1999, Freudenthal was chosen by Wyoming Democrats to serve as the state chair of the

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. Freudenthal served until 2001. Freudenthal is currently of counsel at Pence and MacMillan in

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. He is also a partner with Freudenthal and Bonds P.C. in Cheyenne.

Personal life

Freudenthal is the older brother of former Wyoming Governor

Dave Freudenthal David Duane Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is an American attorney, economist, and politician who served as the 31st Governor of Wyoming from 2003 to 2011. Freudenthal previously was the United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freudenthal, Steve Living people Wyoming Democrats Trinity College (Connecticut) alumni Vanderbilt University alumni People from Laramie County, Wyoming 1949 births People from Thermopolis, Wyoming Wyoming Attorneys General