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Roy Herron is an American politician, attorney and author. He is immediate past Chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party. He was previously the Tennessee State Senator for the 24th district for 16 years and for 10 years before that the State Representative for the 76th District. He was the 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for November 2, 2010. The senate district encompassed Benton, Decatur, Henry, Henderson, Lake, Obion, Perry, Stewart, and Weakley counties. == Early life, education and career == Roy Herron grew up in Weakley County, Tennessee, where his ancestor was one of the first two settlers in the 1820s. Herron grew up working on his family's farm and became an Eagle Scout. Roy Herron graduated with highest honors from the University of Tennessee in 1975, and from Vanderbilt University in 1980, with a M.Div. and a J.D. as one of the first two joint law and divinity graduates. In 1975 and 1976 he was a Rotary Scholar in Scotland at the University of St. Andrews. Herron represented the University of Tennessee at Martin, and was the 9th Governor of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, a statewide organization of college students. Before serving as Governor, he was Lieutenant Governor of the organization.〔Archives of the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation, Special Collections, Vanderbilt University Library〕 Herron works as an attorney and a businessman. He previously was adjunct faculty at Vanderbilt University's law and divinity schools and is a former United Methodist minister. He helped found and served as the co-chair of FaithfulDemocrats.com, an online community for Democrats of Christian faith. He also heads the non-profit Ned McWherter Center for Rural Development which he founded with two others. 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「Roy Herron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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