Rob Woodall

Rob Woodall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 7th district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2021
Preceded byJohn Linder
Succeeded byCarolyn Bourdeaux
Chair of the Republican Study Committee
In office
August 1, 2014 – January 3, 2015
Preceded bySteve Scalise
Succeeded byBill Flores
Personal details
Born
William Robert Woodall III

(1970-02-11) February 11, 1970 (age 54)
Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationFurman University (BA)
University of Georgia (JD)

William Robert Woodall III[1] (/ˈwʊdɔːl/ WUUD-awl; born February 11, 1970)[2] is an American attorney and politician who was the U.S. representative for Georgia's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2021. The district included most of Gwinnett County, a suburban county northeast of Atlanta. A Republican, Woodall prior to being elected to Congress, worked for his predecessor, John Linder from 1994 to 2010, eventually becoming Linder's chief of staff. Woodall announced in February 2019 that he would not seek reelection to a sixth term in Congress.[3]

  1. ^ "Representative William Robert Woodall (Rob) (R-Georgia, 7th) - Biography from LegiStorm". www.legistorm.com.
  2. ^ "NationalJournal.com - Rob Woodall (R) - Tuesday, October 26, 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  3. ^ Zanona, Melanie; Barrón-López, Laura (7 February 2019). "Georgia Rep. Rob Woodall won't seek reelection". POLITICO.