GOWDY, Trey, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., August 22, 1964; graduated from Spartanburg High School,
Spartanburg, S.C., 1982; B.A., Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1986; J.D.,
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia, S.C., 1989; lawyer,
private practice; clerk, South Carolina Court of Appeals; clerk, United States
District Court; assistant U. S. attorney, district of South Carolina,
1994-2000; solicitor, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 2001-2010; elected as a
Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the three succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 2011-present); chair, Select Committee on the Events Surrounding
the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress); chair,
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (One Hundred Fifteenth
Congress).