Cathy McMorris Rodgers
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| Chair of the House Republican Conference | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Leader |
John Boehner Paul Ryan |
| Preceded by | Jeb Hensarling |
| Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference | |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Leader | John Boehner |
| Preceded by | Kay Granger |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Jenkins |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 5th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | George Nethercutt |
| Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 7th district |
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In office January 7, 1994 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Morton |
| Succeeded by | Joel Kretz |
| Personal details | |
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Cathy Anne McMorris May 22, 1969 Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Rodgers (2006–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
Pensacola Christian College (BA) University of Washington, Seattle (MBA) |
| Website |
House website Campaign website |
Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers (born May 22, 1969) is an American politician. She has been the U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district since 2005. The district includes Spokane and the eastern third of Washington.
She is a member of the Republican Party. From 1994 to 2005, she served in the Washington House of Representatives, rising to become the minority leader. McMorris Rodgers is the highest ranking Republican woman in Congress, serving as the Chairman of the House Republican Conference. She is only the second woman to serve in that capacity, following former Congresswoman Deborah Pryce, who served from 2003 to 2007.
Cathy McMorris was born May 26, 1969 in Salem, Oregon, the daughter of Corrine (née Robinson) and Wayne McMorris. She is a descendant of pioneers who traveled the Oregon Trail in the early 1850s to the Pacific Northwest, where her father's family pursued agriculture and her mother's family worked in the forestry industry. In 1974, when McMorris was five years old, her family moved to Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. The family lived in a cabin while they built a log home on their farm. In 1984, the McMorris family settled in Kettle Falls, Washington and established the Peachcrest Fruit Basket Orchard and Fruit Stand. Cathy McMorris worked there for 13 years.
In 1990 she received a bachelor's degree in Pre-law from Pensacola Christian College, a then-unaccredited Independent Baptist liberal arts college. McMorris Rodgers subsequently earned an Executive MBA from the University of Washington in 2002.
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