US Representative for Tennessee's 3rd district Born in Ooltewah, TN, October 11, 1962; B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,1983; J.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986; lawyer, private practice; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-present).