A Representative from West Virginia. Born in Wheeling, Ohio County, W. Va. , March 28, 1947. B. S. C. E. , Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. , 1969. Civil engineer. Business owner. Member of the West Virginia state house of representatives, 1980-1995. Chairman, West Virginia Republican Party, 1990-1994. Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of West Virginia in 1996. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2023). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.