Aaron Schock
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 18th district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – March 31, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ray LaHood |
| Succeeded by | Darin LaHood |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 92nd district |
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In office January 12, 2005 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ricca Slone |
| Succeeded by | Joan Krupa |
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Aaron Jon Schock May 28, 1981 Morris, Minnesota, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
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Illinois Central College Bradley University |
| Religion | Conservative Baptist |
Aaron Schock (born May 28, 1981) is an American former politician who was United States Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district from 2009 until 2015. The district is based in Peoria and includes part of Springfield. He was the first member of the U.S. Congress born in the 1980s; when he took his seat in 2009 he was the youngest member of Congress. Previously, Schock had served two terms in the Illinois House of Representatives, also as its youngest member.
Schock resigned from Congress in March 2015 amidst a scandal involving Schock's use of public and campaign funds. A subsequent congressional ethics investigation "revealed that he used taxpayer money to fund lavish trips and events." He was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2016 in connection with the scandal. He has pleaded not guilty.
Schock was born in Morris, Minnesota, the youngest of the four children of Janice Marie, a homemaker, and Richard Schock, a family practice physician and former school board member. During his early years, the family lived on a rural farm site where the children were given the responsibility of tending a three-acre patch of strawberries and selling the fruit. When he was in fourth grade, his family moved to Peoria. In 1995, he was elected to the executive board of the Illinois Association of Junior High Student Councils.
Schock began working during the fifth grade, doing database management as an independent contractor for a bookstore chain. He later bought event tickets for a licensed ticket broker, using six phone lines and thirteen credit cards, and investing his earnings in the stock market. When he was in the eighth grade, he began doing the accounting work for a gravel pit, a job he kept throughout his high school years. Schock started his own Individual Retirement Account at age 14.
Schock attended Richwoods High School. By his junior year of high school, he had completed nearly all of his graduation requirements, and had few course options available because the school district had recently discontinued most of the advanced placement and other advanced courses due to budget cuts. School district policy did not allow him to graduate early, and the board members refused his requests to change the policy. He began attending classes at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, earning dual credits toward high school and college graduation. He graduated from high school in 2000.
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