Robert "Bob" Ramsey (born 1947) is an American politician.
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member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for district 20, encompassing parts of

Blount County, Tennessee Blount County is a county located in the East Tennessee Grand Division of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 135,280. The county seat is Maryville, which is also the county's largest city. Blount County ...

Biography

Early life

He was born on March 13, 1947. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biology 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 ...

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

and a D.D.S. from the

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Career

He works as a dentist. He is a state representative for the 20th District of Tennessee, having been reelected in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020. He supports efforts by the state legislature to reduce the number of bills proposed by individual lawmakers in order to reduce the backlog of legislations.Joel Davis
State legislators talk food tax, U.S. senatorial nominations Blount’s state legislators hang tough
''Maryville Daily Times'', April 06, 2013 He is a member of the Blount County Board of Health, the Regional Solid Waste Authority, the Agricultural Extension Committee, the Community Action Agency, the Regional Planning Commission, and the

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Club of Maryville.

Personal life

He is married to Margaret Ramsey. They have two children, Heather and Haley, and two granddaughters, Valentina and Greer. He is a

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. He lives in

Maryville, Tennessee Maryville is a city in and the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee, and is a suburb of Knoxville. Its population was 31,907 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area and a short distance from popular tourist de ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsey, Bob Living people 1947 births People from Maryville, Tennessee University of Tennessee alumni Tennessee Republicans 21st-century American politicians