Mac Thornberry
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| Chair of the House Armed Services Committee | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Buck McKeon |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 13th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Sarpalius |
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William McClellan Thornberry July 15, 1958 Clarendon, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Thornberry |
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Texas Tech University (BA) University of Texas, Austin (JD) |
William McClellan "Mac" Thornberry (born July 15, 1958) is the U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He has served since 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in forty years and signed the "Contract with America" that was authored by former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich.
A Republican, Thornberry represents Texas's 13th congressional district, a GOP stronghold which stretches between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders. It winds across the Panhandle into the South Plains, then runs east across the Red River Valley. Covering over 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2), it is the second-largest district geographically in Texas and one of the largest (excluding at-large districts in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska) in the country. It is even larger in area than thirteen states. The principal cities in the district are Amarillo and Wichita Falls.
His great-great-grandfather, Amos Thornberry, a Union Army veteran and staunch Republican, moved in the 1880s to Clay County, just east of Wichita Falls.
Thornberry is a lifelong resident of Clarendon, some 60 miles (97 km) east of Amarillo, in the heart of the 13th. His family has operated a ranch in the area since 1881. He received his Bachelor of Arts in history from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He then obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.
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