Tom Davis (Virginia politician)
Tom Davis | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the House Oversight Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Burton |
| Succeeded by | Henry Waxman |
| Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee | |
| In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | John Linder |
| Succeeded by | Tom Reynolds |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th district | |
| In office January 3, 1995 – November 24, 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Leslie Byrne |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Connolly |
| Chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Audrey Moore |
| Succeeded by | Katherine Hanley |
| Member of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors from the Mason district | |
| In office 1980–1991 | |
| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Christine Trapnell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Milburn Davis III January 5, 1949 Minot, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Margaret Rantz
(m. 1973; div. 2003) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1971–1972 (active) 1972–1979 (inactive) |
| Unit | Virginia Army National Guard United States Army Reserve |
Thomas Milburn Davis III (born January 5, 1949) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 11th congressional district from 1995 until his resignation in 2008. A member of the Republican Party, he announced on January 30, 2008, that he would not seek re-election to an eighth term. Davis resigned from Congress on November 24, 2008, and was succeeded by Democrat Gerry Connolly.
From 2008 to 2018, he was a director of federal government affairs at Deloitte. In August 2014, he was named as rector (head of the Board of Visitors) of George Mason University and a trustee of its Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and served until 2019. In January 2019, Davis began work as a partner in the law firm Holland and Knight.