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Jim Cobb
Jim Cobb is an American politician. He served as the Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 31st district from 2006 to 2012. Biography Early life He graduated from Memphis State University, and did graduate work in State and Local Government. He served in United States Army during the Vietnam War era. Career He worked as a manager at the Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station in Rhea County, Tennessee for thirty-one years. He served as the state congressman for the 31st district of Tennessee from 2006 to 2012, when he lost to Ron Travis. He was Chairman of the House Government Operations Committee, and member of the House State and Local Government Committee, the House Calendar and Rules Committee, and the House General Subcommittee of State and Local Government. In October 2012, he was arrested on charges of assault after a woman claimed he had knocked her down, but by November he was found not guilty.Kimberly McMillianFormer legislator Rep. Jim C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
