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Encyclopedia > Ed Whitfield
Ed Whitfield
Ed Whitfield

In office
1995-present
Preceded by Tom Barlow
Succeeded by Incumbent

Born May 25, 1943
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Political party Republican
Spouse Constance Whitfield
Religion Methodist

Wayne Edward "Ed" Whitfield (born May 25, 1943) has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1995, representing the 1st District of Kentucky, which includes much of the western part of the state, including Fort Campbell. Image File history File links Edwhitfield. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Map United States House of Representatives, Kentucky District 1 is a district of the United States Congress in Western Kentucky. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas J. Tom Barlow III (August 7, 1940 - ), a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives for one term. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Hopkinsville is a city located in Christian County, Kentucky. ... GOP redirects here. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1st congressional district of Kentucky United States House of Representatives, Kentucky District 1 is a district of the United States Congress in Western Kentucky. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee and is home to the 101st Airborne Division. ...


He was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and was educated at the University of Kentucky (where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta social fraternity), Wesley Theological Seminary and American University in Washington, D.C. He served in the United States Army Reserve, and was a lawyer, business executive, and small business owner. Whitfield was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1974-79 before entering the House. He also served as a vice president for the CSX Corporation and was the chairman of the Interstate Commerece Commission. Hopkinsville is a city located in Christian County, Kentucky. ... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ, DTD, Delts) is a U.S.-based international college fraternity. ... Located in Washington, D.C., Wesley Theological Seminary is one of the largest Mainline Protestant seminaries in the world. ... For other universities known as American University, see American University (disambiguation). ... ... The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. ... Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly, the state legislature of Kentucky. ... Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Railway companies of the United States | Alabama railroads | Connecticut railroads | Delaware railroads | Florida current railroads | Georgia railroads | Illinois railroads | Indiana railroads | Kentucky railroads | Louisiana railroads | Maryland railroads | Massachusetts railroads | Michigan railroads | Mississippi railroads | New Jersey railroads | New York railroads | North Carolina railroads | Ohio railroads | Pennsylvania...


Membership in the U. S. House of Representatives

Whitfield is a member of the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, specifically the Energy & Air Quality Subcommittee and the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, of which he is the Chairman. The U.S. House Commerce Committee on Energy and Commerce residing at 2125 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC is the oldest (208 years) legislative standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. ...


Positions

On his official website, Whitfield represents himself as having consistently voted pro-life and "supports allowing students to engage in voluntary school prayer." Pro-life advocates make a silent complaint in front of the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in bioethics. ... School prayer in its most common usage, refers to state-sanctioned and/or mandatory prayer of students in schools. ...


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Preceded by:
Thomas Barlow
U.S. Congressman, Kentucky 1st District
1995-present
Succeeded by:
incumbent

  Results from FactBites:
 
USATODAY.com (390 words)
Ed Whitfield captured his House seat from Tom Barlow in 1994 as part of the Republican Revolution that changed the balance of power in Congress.
Whitfield is a former Democrat who served a single term in the Kentucky House in the mid 1970s.
Opponents have tried to portray Whitfield as a carpetbagger, since he spent about a decade before coming to Congress working outside Kentucky as a railroad official, including several years as a lobbyist for CSX Corp. Whitfield's opponents also have tried to paint him as too far to the right to represent the old Democratic district.
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