Eric Cantor
| Eric Cantor | |
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| House Majority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 2011 – August 1, 2014 |
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| Leader | John Boehner |
| Preceded by | Steny Hoyer |
| Succeeded by | Kevin McCarthy |
| House Minority Whip | |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Leader | John Boehner |
| Preceded by | Roy Blunt |
| Succeeded by | Steny Hoyer |
| House Republican Chief Deputy Whip | |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Leader | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Roy Blunt |
| Succeeded by | Kevin McCarthy |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 2001 – August 18, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Bliley |
| Succeeded by | Dave Brat |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 73rd district |
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In office January 8, 1992 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Stosch |
| Succeeded by | John O'Bannon |
| Personal details | |
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Eric Ivan Cantor June 6, 1963 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Fine |
| Children | 3 |
| Education |
George Washington University (BA) College of William and Mary (JD) Columbia University (MS) |
Eric Ivan Cantor (born June 6, 1963) is an American politician, lawyer, and businessman, who served as the United States representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2001 until 2014. A member of the Republican Party, he became House Majority Leader when the 112th Congress convened on January 3, 2011. He previously served as House Minority Whip from 2009 until 2011.
His district included most of the northern and western sections of Richmond, along with most of Richmond's western suburbs and, until redistricting in 2013, portions of the Shenandoah Valley. Cantor was the highest-ranking Jewish member of Congress in its history, and at the time of his resignation, the only non-Christian Republican in either house.
In June 2014, in his bid for re-election, Cantor lost the Republican primary to economics professor Dave Brat in an upset that surprised political analysts. In response Cantor announced his early resignation as House Majority Leader, and several weeks later, he announced his resignation from Congress, which took effect August 18, 2014. Immediately thereafter, Cantor accepted a position as vice chairman of investment bank Moelis & Company.
Cantor, the second of three children, was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Mary Lee (née Hudes), a schoolteacher, and Eddie Cantor, who owned a real estate firm. His family emigrated from Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, and Latvia) in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His father was the state treasurer for Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign. Cantor was raised in Conservative Judaism. He graduated from the Collegiate School, a co-ed private school in Richmond, in 1981. He enrolled at George Washington University (GW) in 1981, and as a freshman he worked as an intern for House Republican Tom Bliley of Virginia and was Bliley's driver in the 1982 campaign. Cantor was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity while at GW and received his Bachelor of Arts in 1985. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from William & Mary Law School in 1988, and received a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in 1989.
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