Tom Cotton

About Tom Cotton

In 2013, he was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives as a Republican lawmaker and Army veteran.

Thomas Bryant Cotton is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Arkansas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. After graduating from Harvard University in 1998 and Harvard Law School in 2002, Cotton worked as a federal clerk for a year and as an associate at a Washington, D.C., law firm before enlisting in the U.S. Army in January 2005. He was commissioned as an infantry officer in June and rose to the rank of captain before being honorably discharged in 2009. He served tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and at Fort Myer, and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge. Cotton was elected as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district in 2012 and to the Senate at age 37 in 2014, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor.

Children	2
Political party	Republican
Preceded by	Mark Pryor
Education	Harvard University (AB, JD)
Born	Thomas Bryant Cotton, May 13, 1977, Dardanelle, Arkansas, U.S.

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Trivia

He wrote an open letter to the New York Times in 2006, calling for a journalist to be imprisoned for espionage.

Tom Cotton before fame

He was a member of the Army and went to Harvard Law School.

Achievement of Tom Cotton

In 2006, he submitted an open letter to the New York Times, demanding that a journalist be prosecuted for espionage.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Tom Cotton family life

Avis and Thomas Leonard Cotton were his parents. He's also a devout Methodist.

Associations of Tom Cotton

Barack Obama's healthcare proposal, the Affordable Care Act, was something he despised.

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