Tom Rooney (politician)

Thomas J. "Tom" Rooney ( born November 21, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American politician. Since 2009 he represents the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Tom Rooney grew up in Palm Beach Gardens (Florida ) to attended the Benjamin School in North Palm Beach. Then he studied until 1989 at Syracuse University in Syracuse (New York) and then to 1993 at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington ( Pennsylvania). In the meantime, he worked on the staff of U.S. Senator Connie Mack. Rooney continued his studies until 1996 at the University of Florida in Gainesville on. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Miami and its made ​​in 1999 admitted to the bar he began to work in his new profession. Between 2000 and 2004 he was a military lawyer in the U.S. Army. During this time he also held legal lectures at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He then worked for the state government of Florida as assistant to the Attorney General.

Politically, Rooney joined the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 2008 he was in the 16th electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of him previously defeated Democrat Tim Mahoney on January 3, 2009. According to previously re-election in 2010, he may exercise his mandate in Congress today. His current term of office runs until January 3, 2013. He is a member of the Agriculture Committee, the Armed Services Committee and the Judiciary Committee and several subcommittees.