Chip Roy

Biography

ROY, Charles (Chip), a Representative from Texas; born in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., August 7, 1972; graduated from Loudon Valley High School, Purcellville, Va., 1990; B.S., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1994; M.S., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1995; J.D., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 2003; banking executive; staff, United States Senator John Cornyn of Texas, 2002-2006; special assistant district attorney for the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas; staff, Governor Rick Perry of Texas; director, Texas office of state-federal relations, 2011-2012; staff, United States Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, 2012-2014; first assistant attorney general, office of the attorney general, state of Texas, 2014-2016; professional advocate; nonprofit executive; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2019-present).