U.S. Senator
Arkansas-Junior (R)
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Tom Cotton U.S. Senator Arkansas-Junior (R) |
Biographical Information |
| TOM COTTON, a Class II Senator from Arkansas; born in Dardanelle, Yell County, Ark., May 13, 1977; A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1998; attended Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, Calif., 1998-1999; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2002; United States Army, 2004-2009; clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2002-2003; lawyer, private practice; management consultant; farmer; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2015); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2014 for the term ending January 3, 2021. He defeated incumbent Mark Pryor on November 4, 2014; reelected in 2020. |