- John William Loudon
Infobox_State_Senator
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name=John W. Loudon
state_senate=Missouri
state=Missouri
district=7th
term=2000 -
preceded=
succeeded=Incumbent
date of birth=birth date and age|1967|08|14
place of birth=Ballwin, Missouri
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=Gina
profession=businessman, insurance
religion=Presbyterian
party=Republican|John William Loudon (
August 14 ,1967 - ) is a Republican member of theMissouri Senate , representing the 7th District since 2000. Previously he was a member of theMissouri House of Representatives from 1995 through 2000.He graduated from Westminster College with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989. He married Dr. Gina Gentry in 1990, and they have five children, Lyda, Lily and Jack, Samuel, and Bo (Robert Brewster III). He is a member of Covenant Family Church,Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He also operated a Public Relations business founded by Gina; Legacy Group of Missouri, Inc.He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1994, serving there through 1998. He was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2000, and again in 2004. He is currently the chair of the Senate’s Small Business, Insurance, and Industrial Relations Committee, vice chair of the Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee, and a member of the committees on Education, Gubernatorial Appointments, and Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence.
Among Loudon's legislative accomplishments are authoring and passing two Senate Bill #1s in one year. SB1 in the 2005 Session was an omnibus workers' compensation reform bill. SB1 is the 2005 Special Legislative Session strengthened parents' rights to sue anyone who "causes, aids or assists" their minor daughter to have an abortion without the parents' consent.
ee also
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List of current Missouri State Senators References
*"Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006". Jefferson City, MO:Secretary of State, 2005.
External links
* [http://www.senate.mo.gov/08info/members/mem07.htm Missouri Senate - John William Loudon] "'official government website
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=8784 Project Vote Smart - John William Loudon (MO)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - John William Loudon
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