James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney,plantation owner,and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat,he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation on December 27,1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement,often speaking of African Americans as "an inferior race." Eastland has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politics."
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he also was the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993,where he helped with the implementation of Education 2000.
Timothy Peter Johnson is a retired American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the United States representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1987 to 1997 and in the state legislature from 1979 to 1987. He is the last Democrat to hold statewide and/or congressional office in South Dakota. He and Stephanie Herseth are also the last Democrats to win a statewide and/or federal election in South Dakota.
The Tennessee General Assembly (TNGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is a part-time bicameral legislature consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The Speaker of the Senate carries the additional title and office of Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee. In addition to passing a budget for state government plus other legislation,the General Assembly appoints three state officers specified by the state constitution. It is also the initiating body in any process to amend the state's constitution.
Harry Eugene Claiborne was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1978 until his impeachment and removal in 1986. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978,Claiborne was only the fifth person in United States history to be removed from office through impeachment by the United States Congress and the first since Halsted Ritter in 1936.
Christopher Andrew Coons is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Delaware since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party,Coons served as the county executive of New Castle County from 2005 to 2010.
Veronica L. Turner is an American politician who represents District 26 in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Jack Johnson is an American politician and a Republican Party member of the Tennessee Senate for the 27th district,which is composed of Williamson County.
Brian Kelsey is an American politician and former member of the Tennessee State Senate. A member of the Republican party,he was elected to represent District 31,which encompassed the following parts of Shelby County:Cordova,East Memphis,and Germantown.
Michael Dean Bishop is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003,and the Michigan State Senate from 2003 to 2010 where he served as majority leader.
Bertram Robert Stivers II,is a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 25th Senate District since 1997. He served as the Republican Majority Leader of the Kentucky State Senate through 2012 and became the President of the Kentucky Senate on the opening day of the 2013 legislative session on January 8.
Kevin Brooks is an American politician who is the mayor of Cleveland,Tennessee. Between 2006 and the beginning of his term as mayor he served as a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 24th district,encompassing Cleveland and parts of Bradley County.
William Francis Hagerty IV is an American politician,businessman,and diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from Tennessee since 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 30th United States ambassador to Japan from 2017 to 2019 under President Donald Trump.
Dan Howell is an American politician from Cleveland,Tennessee. Since 2013,he has served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 22nd district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Mark Hall is an American politician from Cleveland,Tennessee. From 2006 to 2018,he served as a seventh district commissioner on the Bradley County commission. He is served as the representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives district 24 from 2019 to 2023.
Shane Reeves is an American businessman,pharmacist and politician who is the State Senator for the 14th District of Tennessee,which is composed of Bedford County,Moore County,Lincoln County,Marshall County,and part of Rutherford County. Reeves campaigned as a conservative Republican in the Tennessee State Senate District 14 Special Election in 2018. The special election was mandated because of a vacant seat created by Jim Tracy's acceptance of Tennessee Director for Rural Development with the Trump Administration. Jim Tracy endorsed Shane Reeves. Prior to entering politics,Reeves co-owned Reeves-Sain Drug Store in Murfreesboro,TN,and after selling in 2015,he founded Twelvestone Health Partners in 2016.
Bill Powers is an American politician who has served in the 111th Tennessee General Assembly since being elected in April 2019 and represents the Tennessee Senate's 22nd district.
London Lamar is an American politician. She is a member of the Democratic Party and a member of the Tennessee Senate representing district 33 since 2022. She was previously a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2018 to 2022 representing District 91. During her time there,she was the youngest Tennessee State Representative in office. She was appointed to the Tennessee Senate in March 2022 by the Shelby County Commission after fellow Democrat Katrina Robinson was expelled due to her indictment on charges of wire fraud. Lamar was sworn in on March 8,2022,and effectively resigned her house seat.
Jude Philip Calabrese is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He formerly served as a judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas from 2019 to 2020.
J. Adam Lowe is an American Republican politician who serves as the senator for Tennessee's 1st Senate district. The district currently includes most of Bradley,McMinn,Meigs,and Rhea Counties,and was previously numbered as District 9 prior to the 2020 United States redistricting cycle.
