Mike Bost

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Murphysboro, Jackson County, Ill. , December 30, 1960. Graduated from Murphysboro High School, Murphysboro, Ill. , 1979. Certified Firefighter II Academy, University of Illinois, 1993. United States Marine Corps, 1979-1982. Truck manager. Firefighter. Business owner. Member of the Jackson County, Ill. , board, 1984-1988. Murphysboro Township, Ill. , treasurer, 1989-1992. Murphysboro Township, Ill. , trustee, 1993-1995. Member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1995-2014. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present). Chair, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Eighteenth and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).