Joe Barton
| Joe Linus Barton | |
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| Chair of the House Energy Committee | |
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In office February 16, 2004 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Billy Tauzin |
| Succeeded by | John Dingell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 6th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Gramm |
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Joe Linus Barton September 15, 1949 Waco, Bell County, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
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Texas A&M University, College Station (BS) Purdue University, West Lafayette (MS) |
Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing Texas's 6th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus. The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, and several small towns and rural areas south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.
Barton was born in Waco, Texas, the son of Bess Wynell (née Buice) and Larry Linus Barton. He graduated from Waco High School. He attended Texas A&M University in College Station on a Gifford-Hill Opportunity Award scholarship and received a B.S. in industrial engineering in 1972. An M.Sc. in industrial administration from Purdue University followed in 1973. Following college, Barton entered private industry until 1981, when he became a White House Fellow and served under United States Secretary of Energy James B. Edwards. Later, he began consulting for Atlantic Richfield Oil and Gas Co., before being elected to the United States Congress, in 1984.
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