34 Facts About Rod Jetton

Rod Jetton was born on September 9,1967 and is an American politician, author, and businessman.

Rod Jetton was a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives who represented Missouri's 156th District from 2001 to 2009 and was Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009.

Rod Jetton is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5900, the American Legion, Farm Bureau, National Rifle Association of America and National Federation of Independent Business.

Rod Jetton was married to the former Cassandra James from 1988 until their divorce in October 2009.

Rod Jetton told The Southeast Missourian newspaper in July 2011 that he had remarried and is working for civil engineering company in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.

Rod Jetton serves as a contributing blogger for a political website, The Recovering Politician, and has written several books.

In 2017, Rod Jetton moved to Greece to pursue a Master of Arts degree at the University of Macedonia.

Rod Jetton is a member of the evangelical Christian group, Gideons International.

Rod Jetton was born in De Soto, Missouri, to Bill and Judy Rod Jetton.

Rod Jetton graduated from Charleston High School in 1986 and from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri in May 1990, with a double major in history and political science and was student body president his senior year.

Rod Jetton was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and was involved in the Bosnia and Somalia operations.

Rod Jetton was the youngest County Commissioner in the state at that time During his time as County Commissioner, Jetton worked with other commissioners to eliminate the county's $350,000 debt within his first term.

In 2000, Rod Jetton was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives where he served until 2009, when term limits required that he leave the legislature.

Rod Jetton served on the Agriculture, Judicial, Banking, and Natural Resources committees.

In 2002, Rod Jetton led political efforts for the minority Republican caucus.

Rod Jetton assisted in re-drawing House legislative districts and developing plans to recruit and train Republican candidates.

In 2007, Rod Jetton proposed and passed one of Missouri's largest tax cuts.

Rod Jetton increased nutrition program funding during his time in the House and was an advocate for Missouri's ethanol fuel mandate and the development of Missouri ethanol plants.

On December 7,2009, Rod Jetton was charged with felony assault related to an incident that occurred on November 15,2009 in which Rod Jetton allegedly "recklessly caused serious physical injury" to an unnamed woman.

Rod Jetton originally met the accuser while attending high school in Charleston Missouri.

Rod Jetton is accused of "hitting her on the head and choking her, resulting in unconsciousness and the loss of the function of a part of her body" during the encounter.

Rod Jetton is accused of telling the woman the following morning, "You should have said 'green balloons," a reference to the safeword they had established before meeting as a safety measure.

Rod Jetton is to pay $950 in restitution, and $300 in court costs.

Rod Jetton has said there was no quid pro quo and that he assigned the bill to an unfriendly committee because he did not like the bill.

Rod Jetton has become the author of several books on biblical teachings and how to recover from personal crisis.

Rod Jetton attributed his failings to alcoholism, disconnection from his faith, and a lack of balance in his life.

Rod Jetton has said that his time in the House of Representatives was a hectic self-indulgent period, that increasingly led him to a lifestyle standing in opposition to his personal beliefs.

Rod Jetton has credited support from his family and his returning faith in God for helping him to rebuild his life.

Rod Jetton was the director of marketing for Schultz Surveying and Engineering Inc from 2010 to 2013.

In 2013 Rod Jetton co-founded The Missouri Times, a newspaper intended to report on Jefferson City politics in an unbiased and bipartisan manner.

Rod Jetton is a partner in Second Act Strategies, an organization that provides team building seminars focused on crisis management.

In 2012, Rod Jetton opened Targeted Communications, a content marketing company that focuses on connecting with customers and building customer relations.

In 2013, Rod Jetton co-authored The Recovering Politician's Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis along with thirteen other authors.

Rod Jetton's first book was followed later in 2013 with Son of a Preacher Man: Growing up in the Seventies and Eighties, an autobiography that detailed Jetton's struggle when trying to follow the teachings of his father who was a Southern Baptist preacher.