37 Facts About Tim Burchett

Timothy Floyd Burchett is an American politician who is the US representative for, based in Knoxville, serving since 2019.

Tim Burchett served in the Tennessee General Assembly, first in the Tennessee House of Representatives, in which he represented Tennessee's 18th district.

Tim Burchett later served in the Tennessee State Senate, representing the 7th district, part of Knox County.

Tim Burchett is a part of the new House subcommittee overseeing President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

Tim Burchett is a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was born in 1964.

Tim Burchett attended West Hills Elementary School, Bearden Junior High School, and Bearden High School.

Tim Burchett is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.

Tim Burchett served in the House for two two-year terms, from 1995 to 1998.

Tim Burchett was reelected twice, serving a total of three four-year terms, from 1999 to 2010.

In 2006, while a state senator, Tim Burchett failed to report six political action committee checks totaling $3,300.

In 1999, Tim Burchett received national media attention for sponsoring a bill to legalize the eating of roadkill, wild animals killed by vehicles, before notifying the county game warden.

Tim Burchett defended the proposal as a "common-sense thing" intended to prevent edible meat from being wasted.

Tim Burchett's bill allowed processing and consumption of roadkill before notifying the warden.

Tim Burchett proposed the bill after being contacted by a constituent who had been penalized for giving a needy family the meat from a deer his vehicle had accidentally hit.

Tim Burchett originally wanted to make violations a felony offense, but the bill was amended during its passage to make it a Class A misdemeanor.

Tim Burchett became Knox County mayor in September 2010, succeeding Mike Ragsdale, who left office due to term limits.

In 2012, Tennessee's Registry of Election Finance unanimously decided to take no action against Tim Burchett regarding an inquiry into his campaign disclosure forms.

In 2014 Tim Burchett ran unopposed in both the primary and the general election.

When 30-year incumbent Jimmy Duncan announced his retirement in July 2017, Tim Burchett entered a crowded seven-way Republican primary to succeed him.

Tim Burchett defeated his nearest challenger, state representative Jimmy Matlock, by just under 12 percentage points.

When he took office in January 2019, Tim Burchett became only the seventh person to represent the 2nd since 1909.

Tim Burchett ended a 54-year hold on the district by the Duncan family.

In February 2018 the Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Tim Burchett had failed to report a $10,000 payment from a solar electric company on his campaign finance forms and various financial disclosure forms.

The story reported that two months earlier the FBI had questioned people about Tim Burchett committing income tax evasion.

In December 2020, Burchett was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.

In June 2021, Tim Burchett was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

Tim Burchett voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

Tim Burchett voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

On March 7,2023, Tim Burchett expanded on these claims, saying that UFO technology is possibly "being reverse-engineered right now" but we "don't understand" how it functions.

Tim Burchett maintains that the US has "recovered a craft at some point, and possible beings".

In January 2025 Tim Burchett claimed that aliens have secret underwater bases.

In 2023, Tim Burchett was among 47 Republicans to vote for House Concurrent Resolution 21, that directed President Joe Biden to remove US troops from Syria within 180 days.

In June of the same year, Tim Burchett was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

On October 3,2023, Tim Burchett was one of eight Republicans who voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House.

Tim Burchett said his yes vote was "sealed" after McCarthy allegedly made a "condescending" remark about his religious beliefs during a phone call.

In June 2008, Tim Burchett married Allison Beaver in an impromptu ceremony conducted by Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen.

Tim Burchett later became a legal guardian to Kimball's daughter, who is homeschooled.