Tom Cole

A Representative from Oklahoma. Born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. , on April 28, 1949. An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation. Graduated from Moore High School, Moore, Okla. , 1967. B. A. , Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1971. M. A. , Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1974. Ph. D. , University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. , 1984. Consultant. Graduate assistant, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. Faculty, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Okla. Staff, United States Representative Marvin (Mickey) Edwards of Oklahoma, 1982-1984. Chairman, Oklahoma Republican Party, 1985-1989. Private advocate. Member of the Oklahoma state senate, 1988-1991. Executive director, National Republican Congressional Committee, 1991-1993. Oklahoma secretary of state, 1995-1999. Chief of staff, Republican National Committee, 1999-2001. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-present). Chair, Committee on Rules (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress). Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).