Bart Gordon
| Bart Gordon | |
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| Chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee | |
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In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Speaker | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Sherwood Boehlert |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Hall |
| Ranking Member of the House Science and Technology Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 4, 2007 |
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| Leader | Nancy Pelosi |
| Preceded by | Ralph Hall |
| Succeeded by | Ralph Hall |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Al Gore, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Diane Black |
| Personal details | |
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January 24, 1949 Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie |
| Residence | Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Middle Tennessee State University, University of Tennessee |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1971–1972 |
Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon, (born January 24, 1949) is a lawyer and former U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district, serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He announced on December 14, 2009, that he would not seek re-election in 2010.
Gordon was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he has lived all of his life. His father and grandfathers were farmers, and his mother was a teacher in the Rutherford County schools. He served in the United States Army Reserve in 1971 and 1972. He graduated cum laude from Middle Tennessee State University in 1971, where he was student body president, and earned a law degree from the University of Tennessee in 1973. He is a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He then entered private practice in Murfreesboro.
Active in Democratic politics early on, he was briefly executive director of the Tennessee Democratic Party in 1979 and state party chairman from 1981 to 1983.
When 6th District Congressman Al Gore announced in 1983 that he would run for the United States Senate in 1984, Gordon stepped down as state party chairman to run for the seat. He initially faced a hard-fought race against the brother of the publisher of Nashville's former conservative newspaper, the Nashville Banner. However, he won handily in November 1984, riding Gore's coattails in the midst of Ronald Reagan's landslide victory in that year's presidential election. Gordon is regarded as a moderate. He has favored the repeal of the inheritance tax and the "marriage tax penalty".
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