Van Hilleary

William Vanderpool "Van" Hilleary (born June 20, 1959 in Dayton , Tennessee ) is an American politician . Between 1995 and 2003 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Van Hilleary first attended Rhea County High School and then studied until 1981 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville . Between 1982 and 1984 he served in the US Air Force , whose reserve he still belongs to today. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1990, he began to work in his new profession.

Politically, Hilleary joined the Republican Party . In the 1994 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Jim Cooper on January 3, 1995 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 2003 .

In 2002 he decided not to run again. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Tennessee: he was defeated by the Democrat Phil Bredesen . In 2006 he applied for his party's nomination for the US Senate elections , but only finished third in primary behind Ed Bryant and the victorious Bob Corker . Since then, Van Hilleary has worked as a consultant in the federal capital Washington. He is married and lives privately with his wife Meredith in Murfreesboro .

Web links

Van Hilleary in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Hilleary, Van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hilleary, William Vanderpool (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dayton , Tennessee