Jerome Moon | |
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Member of the TennesseeHouseofRepresentatives from the 8th district | |
Assumed office December 13, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Art Swann |
Personal details | |
Born | Maryville,Tennessee,U.S. | June 20,1947
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Deborah |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Tennessee |
Jerome Moon is an American politician. A Republican,he represents District 8,encompassing parts of Blount County,in the Tennessee House of Representatives. [1] Moon,the former chair of the Blount County Commission,was appointed the State House seat vacated by Art Swann on December 13,2017. [2]
In 2023,the Tennessee House voted on motions to remove three sitting Democratic representatives — Gloria Johnson,Justin Jones,and Justin J. Pearson — for disrupting proceedings with a protest as demonstrators were at the capitol voicing their outrage over a mass shooting at a Nashville school that left six dead. [3] Moon voted in favor of all three resolutions:HR 63,to remove Pearson; [4] HR 64,to remove Johnson; [5] and HR 65,to remove Jones. [6] Pearson and Jones were expelled,while Johnson was not. [7]