Jeremy Faison
Jeremy Faison is a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the Eleventh District and is the Chairman of the House Republican Caucus. After being elected by the majority body to the Chairman position, Faison is one of the highest ranking House Leadership members in the legislative body. He represents all of Cocke County and part of Hamblen and Jefferson counties. Biography

Jeremy Faison was born on September 14, 1976, in Monroe, Georgia. He was homeschooled elementary through high school grade levels and was issued a high school diploma from Victory Christian Academy (Jacksonville, Florida) in 1995, prior to his attending Clearwater College. Faison and his wife also homeschool all of their own children. Faison is married with five children. They reside in Cosby, Tennessee. He is a worship leader at Crossroads Community Church. He plays several musical instruments. Faison and his wife own a pest and wildlife control business in Newport, Tennessee. He is a past president of the Cocke County Republican Party and member of the Cocke County Chamber of Commerce. In 2010, he defeated Eddie Yokley to become Tennessee State Representative for the Eleventh District. He is a member of the National Rifle Association and the Tennessee Hunters Association. He has been given a grade of "A" by the NRA Political Victory Fund, the NRA's political lobbying arm which supports 2nd Amendment rights in the American political process. On February 1, 2019, Faison was severely injured in a car crash in Smith County, Tennessee. Faison survived and was taken to the hospital, with a broken nose and cracked ribs; he also received stitches in his head. He acknowledged that he was not wearing a safety belt at the time of the incident. On January 4, 2022, Faison attended a high school basketball match in which his son was involved in; when a confrontation between the teams occurred during the match, Faison walked onto the court, shouted at a referee, and tried to pull the referee's pants down. The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association reported that before pulling the referee's pants, Faison told the referee: "You can't tell me to leave the floor, this was your fault". The referee asked that police be called to respond, but no call was made. Faison was made to leave the venue. Later that day, Faison wrote on social media that he "acted the fool tonight and lost my temper", explaining that he wanted the referee to "fight" him; Faison also wrote that he wished to ask for "forgiveness" from the referee. In 2023, Faison supported a resolution to expel Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented. References

Living people
1976 births
Christians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Christians from Tennessee
People from Monroe, Georgia
Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
People from Cosby, Tennessee