Political Experience
Chief Deputy Whip, House Democratic Caucus, 109th and 110th Congress
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1988-present
Representative, Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1976-1988
Tennessee House Committee on Commerce, Chair, 1987-1988.
Organizations
Member, 32nd Degree Mason
Member, American Legion
Elder, First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ
Member, Masons
Member, New Democrat Coalition
Member, Obion County Chamber of Commerce
Member, Obion County Cancer Society
Member, Obion County Bar Association
Member, Professional Advisory Board of ALSAC-Saint Jude Children?s Research Hospital
Member, The Concord Coalition
Vice President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Member, Union City Rotary Club.
County
Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dickson, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood,
Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, Montgomery
(part), Obion, Shelby (part), Stewart, Tipton, Weakley.
Population (2000), 632,142.
Zipcodes
37015, 37023, 37025, 37028-29, 37036, 37040, 37043-44, 37050-
52, 37055-56, 37058, 37061-62, 37078-79, 37097, 37101, 37134,
37142, 37165, 37171, 37175, 37178, 37181, 37185, 37187, 38001,
38004, 38006-07, 38011-12, 38015, 38019, 38021, 38023-25, 38030,
38034, 38037, 38040-41, 38047, 38049-50, 38053-55, 38058-59,
38063, 38069-71, 38075, 38077, 38079-80, 38083, 38127-29, 38135,
38201, 38220-26, 38229-33, 38235-38, 38240-42, 38251, 38253-61,
38271, 38281, 38301-03, 38305, 38308, 38313-14, 38316-18, 38320-
21, 38324, 38330-31, 38333,
38336-38, 38341-44, 38346, 38348, 38355-56, 38358, 38362, 38366,
38369, 38378, 38380, 38382, 38387,
38389-92