Robert William GOODLATTE, Congress, VA (1952)

GOODLATTE Robert William , a Representative from Virginia; born in Holyoke, Hampden County, Mass., September 22, 1952; graduated from Classical High School, Springfield, Mass., 1970; B.A., Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, 1974; J.D., Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1977; lawyer, private practice; staff, United States Representative M. Caldwell Butler of Virginia, 1977-1979; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2019); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 2009 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of Samuel B. Kent, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; chair, Committee on Agriculture (One Hundred Eighth and One Hundred Ninth Congresses); chair, Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Thirteenth through One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present