Education:
JD, University of South Carolina Law School, 1972
BA, Political Science, Washington and Lee University, 1969
Graduate, Command General Staff College.

Professional Experience:
Colonel, South Carolina Army National Guard, 1975-2003
Springdale Town Judge, 1977-1980
State Development Board, 1975-1980
United States Army Reserves, 1972-1975
Intern, Strom Thurmond's Office, 1968
Founding Partner/Attorney, Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor and Thomas.

Political Experience:
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2001-present
Assistant Republican Whip, 2007
Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 1984-­2001
Second District Chair, George W. Bush for President, 2000
Vice-Chair, Strom Thurmond for Senate, 1996
Second District Chair, Bush for President, 1988, 1992
Second District Chair, Strom Thurmond for Senate, 1990
District Chair, Governor Carroll Campbell, 1986
Deputy General Counsel, United States Department of Energy Secretary, 1981-1982
Campaign Manager, Congressman Floyd Spence's Office, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982
Second District Chair, Citizens for Reagan, 1976
Vice-Chair, County Registration and Elections Commission, 1973-1974
Lifetime Member/Youth Vice Chair, South Carolina Republican Party.

Organizations:
Member, Air Force Association
Member, Airport High School Parent-Teacher Association
Member, Alston-Wilkes Society
Member, American Heart Association
Member, American Legion Guignard Post, 40 and 8
Member, American Legislative Exchange Council
Member, Amvets
Member, Association of the United States Army
Member, Executive Committee, Boy Scouts
Member, Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Director, Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees
Member/President/Chair, Cayce-West Columbia Rotary Club
Member, Chapin Chamber of Commerce
Member, Columbia World Affairs Council
Member, Columbia World Affairs Council Sister Cities Delegation to Chelyabinsk, Russia/Cluj-Napoca, Romania/Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Member, Falmer Middle School, Parent-Teacher Association
Member, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Member, First Tuesday Republican Club of Richland and Lexington
Member, Fourteenth Air Force Association
Member, Greater Irmo Chamber of Commerce
Member, Kidney Foundation
Associate, Lexington and Dutch Fork Republican Women's Club
Member, Lexington Chamber of Commerce
Member, Lexington County Historical Society
Member, Masons
Member, Mid-Carolina Mental Health Association
Member, Military Order of the World Wars
Member, National Guard Association
Member, National Rifle Association
Member, Nations Bank Lexington Advisory Board
Member, Navy League
Member, Reserve Officers Association
Member, Rotary Club
Member, Sheriff's Department Law Enforcement Advisory Council
Member, Shriners
Member, Sinclair Lodge 154
Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans
Member, South Carolina Homebuilders' Association
Member, South Carolina Lung Association
Member, Springdale Elementary Parent-Teacher Association
Member, State Development Board
Member, West Metro Chamber of Commerce
Member, Woodmen of the World
Member, Yorktown Association.

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
Co-Chair, The Americans Abroad Caucus
Air Force Caucus
Army Caucus
Republican Vice-Chairman, Boy Scout Caucus
Co-Chair, Bulgaria Caucus
County Community and Resource Development Committee
Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Congressional Coastal Caucus
Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Congressional Rural Caucus
Death Tax Elimination Caucus
House Cancer Caucus
House Oceans Caucus
Mongolia Caucus
Navy-Marine Caucus
Republican Israel Caucus
Leader, Republican Policy Committee
Republican Study Committee
Reserve Components Caucus
Special Operations Caucus
Taiwan Caucus
Co-Chair, Victory in Iraq Caucus
Welfare Reform Task Force
Zero Capital Game Tax Caucus.

Committees:
Armed Services, Member
Education and Labor, Member
Foreign Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, Member
Subcommittee on Europe, Member
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, Member
Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Member
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Member