Gary Palmer

Gary Palmer (2015)

Gary James Palmer (* 14. May 1954 in Haleyville , Winston County , Alabama ) is an American politician of the Republican Party , of the since 2015 the state of Alabama in the United States House of Representatives represents.

Life

Palmer began after attending the High School of Hackleburg 1972 undergraduate degree at Northwest Alabama Regional Junior College in Phil Campbell , which he in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science graduated (BS). A subsequent post-graduate studies of engineering at the University of Alabama , he finished in 1977 and was then as an engineer operates.

In the election to the US House of Representatives on November 4, 2014 , Palmer was elected as a candidate of the Republican Party for the first time to the US House of Representatives and has represented the sixth congressional electoral district of Alabama there as the successor to Spencer Bachus since January 3, 2015 . Re-elected in 2016, he will also serve in the 116th United States Congress, which will meet on January 3, 2019 . Its new legislative period runs until January 2021.

Web links

• Gary Palmer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Re-election 2016 at Ballotpedia
• Gary Palmer at Ballotpedia