Lynn Westmoreland
- January 4, 2024
- Politician
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Lynn Westmoreland |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 2, 1950(1950-04-02) |
| Age | 74 |
| Birthplace | Georgia |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Lynn Westmoreland Biography
| Name | Lynn Westmoreland |
| Birthday | Apr 2 |
| Birth Year | 1950 |
| Place Of Birth | Georgia |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
Lynn Westmoreland is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 2, 1950 in Georgia, United States. Republican politician who represented Georgia’s 8th and 3rd districts in the US House of Representatives.
In 2008, he was in serious trouble after calling He found himself in hot water in 2008 after calling Barack Obama and his wife Michelle “uppity”, a pejorative historically used to describe African-Americans who have made economic, social, or political progress. his wife Michelle “uppity”. This is a term that historically refers to African-Americans who have made political, economic, and social progress.
Westmoreland was born in Atlanta, the son of Margaret Ferrell (née Lawson) and Leon Acton Westmoreland. He grew up in Metro Atlanta. He has no degree beyond a high school diploma. He attended Georgia State University, but dropped out to work in a family construction business in which he later became an executive. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, rising to the position of House Republican Leader in 2001. He held that position until 2003 when he stepped down in order to devote time to his Congressional campaign in late 2003. He continued to serve in the Georgia House until his election to the US House in 2005.
As Republican Leader in the Georgia House, he led the fight against intense partisan gerrymandering during the redistricting process controlled by the Democratic majority in 2001. He abandoned his opposition and was instrumental in the mid-decade redistricting that took place in 2005, after Republicans won control of the Georgia legislature in the 2004 elections.
With Joan, he has three children.
Lynn Westmoreland Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Politician |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lynn Westmoreland is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lynn Westmoreland 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He left Georgia State University to work as an executive in a family-owned construction company.
When He was only able to name three of the Ten Commandments when asked to list them by Stephen Colbert as a part of the talk show host’s Better Know A District segment on his show The Colbert Report in 2006. asked him to name the Ten Commandments, he could only name three. This was part of his Better Know A District segment of The Colbert Report 2006.
Leon Acton “Lynn” Westmoreland (born April 2, 1950) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s 3rd congressional district from 2007 to 2017 and the 8th district from 2005 to 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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In 2008, Westmoreland ran unopposed in the Republican primary and was re- elected after defeating his Democratic opponent Stephen Camp. After his win, Westmoreland announced that he was considering running for the office of Governor of Georgia in 2010, but later indicated in an April 2009 press release that he would not.
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Lynn Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lynn Westmoreland celebrates birthday on April 2 of every year.
The ensuing media attention compelled Westmoreland to issue the following statement: “I’ve never heard that term used in a racially derogatory sense. It is important to note that the dictionary definition of ‘uppity’ is ‘affecting an air of inflated self-esteem—snobbish.’ That’s what we meant by uppity when we used it in the mill village where I grew up.”