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William McClellan Thornberry, known as Mac Thornberry (born July 15, 1958), is the U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He has served since 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in forty years〔http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/member/494#biography〕 and signed the "Contract with America" that was authored by former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich.〔http://www.reporternews.com/news/big-country/reflecting-on-previous-work-with-presidential-on〕 A Republican, Thornberry represents , a GOP stronghold which stretches between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders. It winds across the Panhandle into the South Plains, then runs east across the Red River Valley. Covering over , it is the second-largest district geographically in Texas and one of the largest (excluding at-large districts in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska) in the country. It is even larger in area than thirteen states. The principal cities in the district are Amarillo and Wichita Falls.〔http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/member/494#biography〕 According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, it is the most Republican district in the country (R+32).〔(The Median & Most Partisan Districts, 1998-2014 ) ''The Cook Political Report''. October 9, 2013.〕 This district, however, has not always been strongly Republican. ==Early life, education and career== His great-great-grandfather, Amos Thornberry, a Union Army veteran and staunch Republican, moved in the 1880s to Clay County, just east of Wichita Falls.〔http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/member/494#biography〕 Thornberry is a lifelong resident of Clarendon, some 60 miles (97 km) east of Amarillo, in the heart of the 13th. His family has operated a ranch in the area since 1881. He received his Bachelor of Arts in history from Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He then obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.〔http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000238〕 He served previously as a staffer to two other Texas Republican congressmen, Tom Loeffler and Larry Combest, and as deputy Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs under Ronald Reagan before he joined his brothers on the family ranch. Thornberry has called President Reagan "...a great man and a great president, ranking in the top tier of all of our chief executives."〔http://amarillo.com/stories/2004/06/10/new_onhousefloor.shtml#.VdyLgPlVhBc〕 He also practiced law in Amarillo.〔http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=t000238〕 Thornberry is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.〔CFR Membership List as of May 23, 2012. Available at http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=T〕 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「Mac Thornberry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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