Biography
A Senator and a Representative from North Carolina. Born in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va. , November 30, 1955. Graduated from Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, N. C. , 1974. B. A. , Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N. C. , 1978. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2005). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the United States Senate in 2004. Reelected in 2010, and again in 2016, and served from January 3, 2005, to January 3, 2023. Chair, Select Committee on Intelligence (One Hundred Fourteenth through One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2022.