Trey Gowdy
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 4th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Inglis |
| Chair of the House Benghazi Committee | |
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In office May 8, 2014 – July 8, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
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Harold Watson Gowdy III August 22, 1964 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Terri Dillard |
| Children | 2 |
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Baylor University (BA) University of South Carolina, Columbia (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Harold Watson "Trey" Gowdy III (born August 22, 1964) is an American attorney, politician and former prosecutor. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district. He is a member of the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party. His district includes much of the Upstate region of South Carolina, including Greenville and Spartanburg.
Before his election to Congress, Gowdy was the district attorney for the state's Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties. From 1994 to 2000, he was a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
In 2014, Gowdy became chairman of a House Select Committee to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attack.
Trey Gowdy was born on August 22, 1964, in Greenville, South Carolina. He is the son of Novalene (née Evans) and Harold Watson "Hal" Gowdy, Jr, MD. He grew up in Spartanburg, where as a young man, he delivered newspapers for the local daily, and worked at the community market. Gowdy graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1982, earned a B.A. in history from Baylor University in 1986, and earned a J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina in 1989.
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