Representative Patrick McHenry
North Carolina Republican Representative
Patrick McHenry, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C., October 22, 1975; graduated Ashbrook High School, Gastonia, N.C., 1994; attended North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.; B.A., Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, N.C., 1999; realtor; appointed special assistant to the United States Secretary of Labor by President George W. Bush in 2001; member of the North Carolina state house of representatives, 2002-2004; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).