Beth Harwell

Beth Harwell
Harwell in 2018
81st Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
January 11, 2011 – January 8, 2019
Preceded byKent Williams
Succeeded byGlen Casada
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
from the 56th district
In office
January 10, 1989 – January 8, 2019
Preceded byJan Bushing
Succeeded byBob Freeman
Chairwoman of the Tennessee Republican Party
In office
2001–2004
Preceded byChip Saltsman
Succeeded byBob Davis
Personal details
Born (1957-07-24) July 24, 1957 (age 67)
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSamuel Harwell
Children3
EducationLipscomb University (BA)
Vanderbilt University (MS, PhD)

Beth Halteman Harwell[1][2] (born July 24, 1957, in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. She served as State Representative for Nashville and is a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party.[3] First elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1988, Harwell served as a Republican Minority Whip and Commerce Committee chair before being elected to the Speakership.[1][2] She is the first woman to serve as Tennessee's Speaker of the House. In 2017, she announced her candidacy for governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.

  1. ^ a b "Beth Halteman Harwell". Vote-TN.org. Retrieved 2009-01-03.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "Harwell, Beth Halteman". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. ^ Locker, Rick (July 24, 2008). "GOP chair won't say whether Rove ordered media ban". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 2009-01-03.