John Williams Rose

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John Williams Rose (2019)

John Williams Rose (born February 23, 1965 ) is an American politician, farmer and entrepreneur. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018 . Rose is a Republican member and represents the sixth congressional constituency of Tennessee .

Life

Rose grew up in Cookeville , Tennessee and attended high school there . He first studied agriculture at Tennessee Technological University to a bachelor's degree and continued his studies at Purdue University to master . He was also trained as a lawyer at Vanderbilt University .

Rose runs a farm in DeKalb County that is owned by his family. He also works as an entrepreneur in the field of training and certification for IT specialists.

From September 2002 Rose was a member of the government in Tennessee and responsible for agriculture (" Commissioner of Agriculture of Tennessee ") for a few months .

He is also Chairman of the Board of Tennessee Technological University and the nonprofit Tennessee State Fair Association , which in a year Nashville a State Fair aligns.

Rose is married and has two sons, one of whom died shortly after giving birth.

politics

Rose ran in the 6th electoral district in Tennessee, where Diane Black did not run again because she wanted to run for governor . He prevailed in the Republican primary with 41.3% of the vote against four other applicants. He won the general election with 69.5% against the Democratic candidate , Dawn Barlow, who received 28.3%.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Meet John - John Rose - Congress . In: John Rose - Congress . ( johnrose.com [accessed November 19, 2018]).
  2. ^ John Rose, former Tennessee agriculture commissioner, seeks seat held by Diane Black . In: The Tennessean . ( tennessean.com [accessed November 19, 2018]).
  3. ^ A b John Rose (Tennessee) - Ballotpedia . In: Ballotpedia . ( ballotpedia.org [accessed November 19, 2018]).
  4. ^ Rep. John Rose misses House impeachment rules vote as wife, family mourn death of anticipated second child. In: The Tennessean , December 14, 2019, accessed March 30, 2020.