Gary W. Hicks Jr is an American politician serving as a member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

from the 9th district. He assumed office on January 12, 2016.

Early life and education

Hicks was born in

Rogersville, Tennessee Rogersville is a town in, and the county seat of, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States. It was settled in 1775 by the grandparents of Davy Crockett. It is named for its founder, Joseph Rogers. Tennessee's second oldest courthouse, the Hawk ...

. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from

East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is a public research university in Johnson City, Tennessee. Although it is part of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee, the university is governed by an institutional Board of Tr ...

and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

Career

Hicks worked as a network administrator for Rural Health Services. He has also worked as a technology director. Hicks was elected to the

in November 2015 and assumed office on January 12, 2016. Hicks also serves as chair of the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee. In 2023, Hicks supported a resolution to expel Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hicks, Gary Living people Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from Rogersville, Tennessee East Tennessee State University alumni University of Tennessee alumni Year of birth missing (living people)