Jeb Hensarling Official Portrait 112th Congress | Jeb was born May 29, 1957 in Stephenville Erath County, Texas and grew up working on his father's poultry farm near College Station. The work convinced him that he did not want to become a farmer.
A student leader at Texas A&M University, he earned his Bachelor's degree in Economics in 1979. He earned a law degree from the University of Texas in 1982. Hensarling practiced law in San Antonio for two years before serving on the staff of Senator Phil Gramm 1985-1989. He ran Gramm’s victorious 1990 campaign. From 1993 until 2003 he spent ten years in the private sector, serving as an officer for a successful investment firm, a data management company Vice President, Maverick Capital, 1993-1996, and an electricity retail company, Green Mountain Energy (1999-2001). He left the company in 2001 to found the Family Support Assurance, a company that aims to modernize child support payments. Jeb is an Eagle Scout who is involved in his community- served as a leader with the American Cancer Society of Dallas and a board member for the Children's Education Fund. |
Jeb Hensarling and his wife Melissa with their two children, Claire and Travis | Jeb and his wife Melissa are members of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church and reside in Dallas with their two children, Claire and Travis.
He Assumed office January 3, 2003. Has served as Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, as member of the President’s Debt Commission and on the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP. |
Congressman Hensarling was elected to his first term from the Fifth Congressional District of Texas in 2002, defeating Democratic opponent Ron Chapman with 58% of the vote. He was reelected in 2004 with 64% of the vote over Democratic challenger Bill Bernstein.
In 2002, Hensarling created the Washington Waste Watchers, a congressional working group that monitors fraud and fiscal excess. In 2005, he joined the Republican Study Committee, a conservative caucus with about 100 Republican members, and was elected chairman of the group in 2006.
He was the national finance chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee during the 2010 election cycle.
In the 111th Congress, Jeb served as top Republican on the House Sub-committee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Congressman Hensarling serves as Chairman of the House Republican Conference, the fourth highest ranking position in the Republican leadership. Also as Vice-Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and as a leader on consumer choice, competitive markets, and smart regulation in our financial markets. Hensarling’s nickname around Congress is “budget nanny".
Committees: Financial Services, Vice Chair, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Member, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member.
Contact: DC Office: 132 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-3484 Fax: 202-226-4888 Web Email
District Office - Athens: 100 East Corsicana Street, Suite 208 Athens, TX 75751 Phone: 903-675-8288 Fax: 903-675-8351
District Office - Dallas: 6510 Abrams Road, Suite 243 Dallas, TX 75231 Phone: 214-349-9996 Fax: 214-349-0738
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- Biography | Representative Jeb Hensarling | Representing the 5th District of Texas
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