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Aaron Jon Schock (born May 28, 1981) is an American politician who is the former United States Representative for , with service from 2009 until 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Peoria and includes part of Springfield. He was the first member of the U.S. Congress born in the 1980s (and thus at the time he took his seat in 2009 he was the youngest member of Congress). Previously, Schock served two terms in the Illinois House of Representatives and was its youngest member. On March 17, 2015, after controversy about his use of federal funds, Schock announced his resignation from Congress, effective March 31. ==Early life, education and career== Schock was born in Morris, Minnesota,〔 the youngest of the four children〔 of Janice Marie, a homemaker, and Richard Schock, a family practice physician and former school board member.〔〔〔 During his early years, the family lived on a rural farm site where the children were given the responsibility of tending a three-acre patch of strawberries and selling the fruit.〔 When he was in fourth grade, his family moved to Peoria. In 1995, he was elected to the executive board of the Illinois Association of Junior High Student Councils.〔 Schock began working during the fifth grade, doing database management as an independent contractor for a bookstore chain.〔 He later bought event tickets for a licensed ticket broker, using six phone lines and thirteen credit cards, and investing his earnings in the stock market.〔 When he was in the eighth grade, he began doing the accounting work for a gravel pit, a job he kept throughout his high school years.〔 Schock started his own Individual Retirement Account at age 14.〔 Schock attended Richwoods High School.〔 By his junior year of high school, he had completed nearly all of his graduation requirements, and had few course options available because the school district had recently discontinued most of the advanced placement and other advanced courses due to budget cuts.〔〔 School district policy did not allow him to graduate early, and the board members refused his requests to change the policy.〔〔 He began attending classes at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, earning dual credits toward high school and college graduation.〔 He graduated from high school in 2000.〔 Schock received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bradley University in 2002,〔 with a major in finance.〔 During college, he invested in real estate and ran Garage Tek, a garage organizing business.〔 Schock sold his Garage Tek franchise in 2004 before running for state representative. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aaron Schock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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