Carl C. Perkins
| Carl C. Perkins | |
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| Born | August 6, 1954 |
Carl Christopher "Chris" Perkins (born August 6, 1954), son of Carl D. Perkins, is a U.S. lawyer and politician who was United States Representative from the 7th district of Kentucky from 1984 to 1993. Perkins served as a Democrat.
[edit] Biography
Chris Perkins was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Fort Hunt High School, Alexandria, Virginia, in 1972. He earned his B.A. from Davidson College in 1976. In 1978, he earned a J.D. degree from the University of Louisville. He worked for some time as a lawyer in private practice.[1]
From 1981 to 1984, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.[1]
Carl "Chris" Perkins was a resident of Knott county, Kentucky with his service as a Kentucky state representative and service as the United States Representative for the 7th district of Kentucky.
Perkins was elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the 98th and the 99th Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father,U.S. Representative Carl Dewey Perkins, and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1993). He was not a candidate for re-election to Congress in 1992. The seat that he held, Kentucky's 7th district, was eliminated by redistricting and became Kentucky's 5th district and some counties in Kentucky's 4th district.[1] He did not seek office from the new 5th district, in part due to the House banking scandal.
In 1994, former U.S. representative Chris Perkins agreed to plead guilty on three felony charges in connection with the House banking scandal.[2] The following year he was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and improperly obtaining bank loans. He was also placed on three years' supervised probation, ordered to perform 250 hours of community service, and told to complete any treatment for alcoholism deemed necessary by his probation officer.[3]
After his release from prison, Perkins attended Louisville Seminary and became an ordained Presbyterian minister, serving a church in Ezel, Kentucky.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Carl C. Perkins at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ Former U.S. Representative Chris Perkins is charged, agrees to plead guilty, U.S. Department of Justice press release, December 13, 1994
- ^ Prison for Ex-Congressman, New York Times, March 14, 1995
- ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kNRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rPADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5352,1726632&dq=carl+chris+perkins+minister&hl=en
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Carl D. Perkins |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th congressional district 1984–1993 |
Succeeded by Seat lost to redistricting |
| Representatives to the 98th–102nd United States Congresses from Kentucky (ordered by seniority) | ||
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| 99th | Senate: W. Ford | M. McConnell | House: W. Natcher | G. Snyder | R. Mazzoli | C. Hubbard | L. Hopkins | H. Rogers | C. C. Perkins |
| 100th | Senate: W. Ford | M. McConnell | House: W. Natcher | R. Mazzoli | C. Hubbard | L. Hopkins | H. Rogers | C. C. Perkins | J. Bunning |
| 101st | Senate: W. Ford | M. McConnell | House: W. Natcher | R. Mazzoli | C. Hubbard | L. Hopkins | H. Rogers | C. C. Perkins | J. Bunning |
| 102nd | Senate: W. Ford | M. McConnell | House: W. Natcher | R. Mazzoli | C. Hubbard | L. Hopkins | H. Rogers | C. C. Perkins | J. Bunning |
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