John Rose (Tennessee politician)

John Williams Rose (born February 23, 1965) is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district since 2019. A Republican, he was commissioner of agriculture for Tennessee and president of Boson Software, LLC.[1][2]

John Rose
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 6th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byDiane Black
33rd Agriculture Commissioner of Tennessee
In office
August 1, 2002 – January 18, 2003
GovernorDon Sundquist
Preceded byDan Wheeler
Succeeded byKen Givens
Personal details
Born
John Williams Rose

(1965-02-23) February 23, 1965
Cookeville, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Chelsea
EducationTennessee Technological University (BS)
Purdue University (MS)
Vanderbilt University (JD)
WebsiteCampaign website
House website

Early life and education

Rose was born and raised in Cookeville, Tennessee, and earned an agribusiness economics degree from Tennessee Technological University,[2] a master of science degree in agricultural economics from Purdue University,[2] and a J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University.[2]

Career

Rose co-founded Transcender Corp.,[2] a company that earned the Music City Future 50 Award five consecutive years. Transcender Corp. was sold in October 2000 for $60 million.[3] Rose owns and is the president of Boson Software, LLC, which trains IT professionals.[4]

A lifelong farmer, Rose served as commissioner of agriculture for Tennessee in 2002.[5]

Rose has been chairman of the Tennessee State Fair Association since 2010.[6]

U.S. House of Representatives
Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee § District 6

On August 2, 2018, Rose won the Republican primary for the 6th Congressional District after Rep. Diane Black left the seat to run for governor.[7][8] He defeated Dawn Barlow in the general election on November 6, 2018, with more than 70 percent of the vote.[9] After being elected, Rose hired former Congressman Van Hilleary as his Chief of Staff.[10]

Americans for Prosperity gave him a 91% conservative evaluation in 2019.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships
  • Pro-Life Caucus

Electoral history
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Rose 43,788 41.3
Republican Bob Corlew 33,088 31.2
Republican Judd Matheny 16,753 15.9
Republican Lavern Vivio 9,506 9
Republican Christopher Monday 3,021 2.9
Total votes 106,156 100
Tennessee's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Rose 172,810 69.5
Democratic Dawn Barlow 70,370 28.3
Independent David Ross 3,426 1.4
Independent Lloyd Dunn 2,134 .8
Total votes 248,740 100

Personal life

Rose and his wife, Chelsea, live in Cookeville, Tennessee with their son. He operates a family farm in rural Temperance Hall, west of Cookeville.[11] In late 2019, Chelsea was expecting a baby boy, which her and John named Mack Wayne Rose.[12] On October 30, Rose left Washington, D.C. due to his wife having a pregnancy emergency, and on November 1, the baby died at the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. John and Chelsea published a statement, saying "We are heartbroken by the unexpected loss of our anticipated baby boy. God filled our hearts with joy and hope when we learned that we would be blessed with another child. We may not get to walk with him in this life, but we pray we see him in Glory one day."[13] Mack Wayne was buried at the Rose Family cemetery on their farm in Temperance Hall.[14]

References
  1. http://www.ajlambert.com/jared/stry_jwr.pdf
  2. "John Rose selected for TBR Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Philanthropy". Tennessee Tech.
  3. "The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee on September 17, 2001 · Page 39".
  4. "John Rose, former Tennessee agriculture commissioner, seeks seat held by Diane Black". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2002/07/29/daily35.html
  6. "About The Fair – Tennessee State Fair".
  7. "Lots of Republians eyeing run for Black's seat – if she runs for governor – Humphrey On The Hill". humphreyonthehill.tnjournal.net.
  8. "Diane Black, weighing run for governor, meets with state GOP leaders".
  9. "Republican John Rose wins 6th Congressional District seat held by Diane Black". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
  10. https://www.nashvillepost.com/politics/federal-government/article/21036472/john-rose-names-van-hilleary-chief-of-staff
  11. Biography at official campaign site
  12. London, Derry (November 4, 2019). "TN Congressman, family mourns the death of newborn son". wsmv.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  13. "Representative John Rose Resumes Official Duties Following Family Emergency". johnrose.house.gov. John Rose. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  14. Timms, Mariah (November 5, 2019). "Rep. John Rose misses House impeachment rules vote as wife, family mourn death of anticipated second child". tennessean.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
Political offices
Preceded by
Dan Wheeler		 Agriculture Commissioner of Tennessee
2002–2003		 Succeeded by
Ken Givens
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Diane Black		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 6th congressional district
2019–present		 Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Denver Riggleman		 United States Representatives by seniority
399th		 Succeeded by
Max Rose
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