1. Patrick Timothy McHenry was born on October 22,1975 and is an American politician who served as the US representative for from 2005 to 2025, which includes the communities of Hickory and Mooresville.
26 Facts About Patrick McHenry
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Patrick McHenry chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2023 to 2025.
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Patrick McHenry acted as Speaker pro tempore of the House for 22 days following the removal of Kevin McCarthy via a motion to vacate.
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Patrick McHenry was the dean of the North Carolina's congressional delegation shared with fellow Representative Virginia Foxx.
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Patrick McHenry grew up in suburban Gastonia, the son of the owner of the Dixie Lawn Care Company, and attended Ashbrook High School.
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Patrick McHenry attended North Carolina State University before transferring to Belmont Abbey College.
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In 1998, while a junior in college, Patrick McHenry ran for the North Carolina House of Representatives.
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Patrick McHenry won the Republican primary but lost the general election.
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In mid-2000, Karl Rove hired McHenry to be the national coalition director for George W Bush's 2000 presidential campaign.
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At age 29, Patrick McHenry was the youngest member of the 109th United States Congress.
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Patrick McHenry is a deputy whip and vice chair of finance for the National Republican Congressional Committee's executive committee.
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Patrick McHenry is known on Capitol Hill for his preference for bow ties.
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Patrick McHenry was the subject of discussion in April 2008, regarding a video posted on his congressional campaign website that featured him in the Green Zone in Baghdad, pointing out landmarks and destruction after missile attacks.
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Patrick McHenry later removed the video after discussing the information with the Pentagon, which requested he not place the video back online.
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Patrick McHenry gave Lay $20,000 to pay legal bills on charges brought while Lay worked for him.
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On May 24,2011, Elizabeth Warren, appointed by President Obama to oversee the development of the new US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, attended a House subcommittee meeting chaired by Patrick McHenry, who invited her because he felt she had given misleading testimony during another hearing.
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The CFPB confirmed the agreement, but Patrick McHenry refused to apologize for his remarks to Warren.
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The Hickory Daily Record, the largest paper in Patrick McHenry's district, called for Patrick McHenry to apologize, saying that it was "unacceptable for any member of Congress, especially a subcommittee chairman", to treat a witness in the manner in which he treated Warren.
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Patrick McHenry supported a 2020 rule change by the Trump administration whereby payday lenders would no longer have to check whether prospective borrowers can afford to repay high-interest loans.
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Patrick McHenry did not join the majority of Republican members of Congress who sided with the Trump campaign's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.
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Patrick McHenry voted to certify Arizona's and Pennsylvania's votes in the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.
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On October 3,2023, Patrick McHenry was appointed as Speaker pro tempore of the United States House of Representatives, after a successful motion to vacate led to the removal of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership.
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On December 5,2023, Patrick McHenry announced that he would not seek reelection in 2024.
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In 2004, after one term in the North Carolina General Assembly, Patrick McHenry ran for Congress in the 10th congressional district when nine-term incumbent Cass Ballenger retired.
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Patrick McHenry faced a heavily contested primary and bested his closest opponent, Catawba County sheriff David Huffman, in a runoff by only 85 votes.
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Patrick McHenry defeated Jeff Gregory, Jeffrey Baker, and Albert Lee Wiley Jr.