James Hayes Shofner Cooper is an American lawyer,businessman,professor,and politician who has served since 2003 as the U.S. representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Blue Dog Coalition,and represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995. His district includes all of Nashville. He chairs the United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the House Armed Services Committee,and sits on the Committee on Oversight and Reform,United States House Committee on the Budget,and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,more committees than any other member of Congress. He is also the dean of Tennessee's congressional delegation. He is the third-longest serving member of Congress ever from Tennessee,after Jimmy Quillen and B. Carroll Reece.
The 2002 United States House of Representatives elections were held on 5 November 2002,in the middle of President George W. Bush's first term. Although it was a midterm election under a Republican president,the Republican Party gained a net eight seats,solidifying their majority. Some speculate that this may have been due to increased support for the President's party in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
The 39th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C. from March 4,1865,to March 4,1867,during Abraham Lincoln's final month as president,and the first two years of the administration of his successor,U.S. President Andrew Johnson.
The 70th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C. from March 4,1927,to March 4,1929,during the last two years of Calvin Coolidge's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the thirteenth decennial census of the United States in 1910.
The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based at the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond.
The Illinois Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Illinois founded in May 29,1856. It is run by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee,which consists of 18 members,one representing each of the state's congressional districts. Once the dominant party in Illinois,the state GOP has become a minority party within the last few decades,holding little power in the state. The current chairman is Don Tracy since 2021.
The Maine Republican Party is an affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Maine. It was founded in Strong,Maine,on August 7,1854. The party currently does not control the governor's office or either chamber of the Maine Legislature,nor either of Maine's two U.S. House seats and only controls one of the state's U.S. Senate seats.
The Tennessee Republican Party is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Tennessee. Since the mid-1960s,the state has become increasingly Republican. The current chairman of the Republican Party of Tennessee is Scott Golden. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling the majority of Tennessee's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,both houses of the state legislature,and the governorship.
The 114th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C. from January 3,2015,to January 3,2017,during the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency. The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States Census.
The 115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,2017,to January 3,2019,during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency. The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States Census.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas:
The Freedom Caucus,also known as the House Freedom Caucus,is a congressional caucus consisting of conservative Republican members of the United States House of Representatives. It is generally considered to be the most conservative and farthest-right bloc within the House Republican Conference.
The October 2015 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election took place on October 29,2015,during the 114th United States Congress. This unusual intra-term election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was necessitated by the impending resignation of John Boehner from the speakership and the House,set for October 30. Boehner was the first speaker to resign in the middle of a Congressional term since Jim Wright in 1989.
David Frank Kustoff is an American politician and attorney serving as the United States representative from Tennessee's 8th congressional district. The district includes the bulk of West Tennessee,but most of its population is in the eastern part of the Memphis area,including the eastern fourth of Memphis itself. From 2006 to 2008,Kustoff served as a United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. He is one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress,alongside Lee Zeldin.
Albert "Max" Abramson is an American politician currently serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives,representing Rockingham District 37 since 2018. He previously represented the same district from 2014 to 2016. He ran for the nomination of the Libertarian Party for the 2020 presidential election,but dropped out on March 3,2020.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 6,2018,as part of the 2018 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's term,with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. Non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and four of the five inhabited U.S. territories were also elected. On Election Day,Republicans had held a House majority since January 2011.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 3,2020,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Jason K. Zachary is a Republican member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives representing District 14 of Knox County.
Robin Smith is an American politician who served as the Representative for Tennessee's 26th state house district,beginning in 2018. She is a member of the Republican Party. In March 2022,she resigned and pled guilty to honest services wire fraud.
The 2020 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3,2020,for 86 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states,approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election. Nine legislative chambers in the five permanently-inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington,D.C. also held elections. The elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,including the presidential election,U.S. Senate elections,U.S. House elections,and gubernatorial elections.
