Trent Franks
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 8th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Barber |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ed Pastor |
| Succeeded by | Ron Barber |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 20th district |
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In office January 1985 – January 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Glen Davis |
| Succeeded by | Bobby Raymond |
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June 19, 1957 Uravan, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Josephine Franks |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Ottawa University(attended; did not graduate) |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Harold Trent Franks (born June 19, 1957) is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district, serving in Congress since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, numbered as the 2nd District from 2003 to 2013, is located in the West Valley portion of the Valley of the Sun and includes Glendale, Surprise, Sun City, Peoria and part of western Phoenix.
Franks was born in Uravan, Colorado, a company town, the son of Juanita and Edward Taylor Franks. He was born with a cleft lip and palate. After his parents separated, Franks took care of his younger siblings. While his parents took financial responsibility, he overtook the leadership role at home. Franks graduated from Briggsdale High School in Colorado in 1976. After high school, Franks bought a drilling rig and moved to Texas to drill wells with his best friend and his younger brother. He moved to Arizona in 1981, where he continued to drill wells.
In 1987, he completed a course of study at the non-accredited, National Center for Constitutional Studies, formerly known as the Freemen Institute, in Utah. For one year, from 1989 to 1990, he attended the Arizona campus of Ottawa University, based in Ottawa, Kansas. In September 2004, Franks told Franchising World that he had been a small business owner for more than 25 years.
In 1984, while working as an engineer for an oil and gas royalty-purchasing firm, he began his political career by running for a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, against incumbent Democrat Glen Davis, an attorney, in District 20 in central Phoenix. Franks, who was a member of the Arizona Right to Life organization and president of the Arizona Christian Action Council, campaigned against abortion and in favor of tougher child abuse laws. He defeated Davis by 155 votes. In the state legislature, Franks served as vice-chairman of the Commerce Committee and Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Child Protection and Family Preservation.
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