Jeffrey D. Pepper is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...

from the 15th district. He assumed office on May 10, 2022.

Early life and education

A native of

Dearborn, Michigan Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States pe ...

, Pepper graduated from

Dearborn High School Dearborn High School (DHS) is a public high school located in Dearborn, Michigan. It was founded in 1893 in Dearborn near Greater Detroit. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District and is located at 19 ...

in 1970. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

in 1974 and a

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from the

Wayne State University Law School Wayne State University Law School (Wayne Law) is the law school of Wayne State University in Detroit. Wayne Law is located in Midtown, Detroit's Cultural Center. Founded in 1927, the law school offers juris doctor (J.D.), master of laws (LL.M.), ...

in 1977.

Career

Pepper has worked as a lawyer and mediator in Dearborn for 45 years. After graduating from Michigan State in 1974, Pepper won the Republican nomination for the 22nd district of the

Wayne County Commission The Wayne County Commission is the legislative body for Wayne County, Michigan. It is made up of 15 commissioners elected by district every two years. Wayne County, which includes the City of Detroit, is the most populous county in Michigan with 1 ...

, but was unsuccessful in the general election. Pepper was the president of the Wayne County Family Bar Association and Dearborn Bar Association. He served as a member of the Dearborn Civil Service Commission and Dearborn Police and Fire Pension System Board. After

Abdullah Hammoud Abdullah Hammoud ( ar, عبدلله حمود; born March 19, 1990) is an American politician who is the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, a position to which he was elected on November 2, 2021. Hammoud had previously served in the Michigan House of R ...

resigned from the

to become mayor of Dearborn, Pepper was elected in a special election to succeed him.

References

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