What is Anthony Foxx?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Anthony Foxx |image = Anthony Foxx official portrait.jpg |office = 17th [[United States Secretary of Transportation]] |president = [[Barack Obama]] |deputy = [[John Porcari]]<br>[[Victor Mendez]] |term_start = July 2, 2013 |term_end = January 20, 2017 |predecessor = [[Ray LaHood]] |successor = [[Elaine Chao]] |office1 = 54th [[Mayor of Charlotte]] |term_start1 = December 7, 2009 |term_end1 = July 1, 2013 |predecessor1 = [[Pat McCrory]] |successor1 = [[Patsy Kinsey]] |birthname = Anthony Renard Foxx |birth_date = {{birth date and age |1971|04|30}} |birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Samara Ryder |alma_mater = [[Davidson College]]<br>[[New York University School of Law|New York University]] }} '''Anthony Renard Foxx''' (born April 30, 1971) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. He was [[United States Secretary of Transportation]] from 2013 through 2017. He served as the Mayor of [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], from 2009 to 2013. On April 29, 2013, President [[Barack Obama]] said he would nominate Foxx to be the [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Baker |title=Charlotte Mayor Is Chosen as Transportation Chief |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/us/charlotte-mayor-is-nominated-for-transportation-secretary.html |location = New York City |work=The York Times |date=29 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo44667 Nomination of Mayor Anthony Foxx to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation: Hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, May 22, 2013.]</ref> On June 27, 2013 the [[United States Senate|Senate]] confirmed the nomin