Bart Gordon

Bart Gordon
Chair of the House Science Committee
In office January 4, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Sherwood Boehlert
Succeeded by	Ralph Hall
Ranking Member of the House Science Committee
In office January 3, 2003 – January 4, 2007
Preceded by	Ralph Hall
Succeeded by	Ralph Hall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 6th district
In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Al Gore
Succeeded by	Diane Black
Personal details
Born	Barton Jennings Gordon (1949-01-24) January 24, 1949 (age 75) Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Leslie
Education	Middle Tennessee State University (BS) University of Tennessee, Knoxville (JD)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1971–1972
Bart Gordon's voice Gordon, as chair of the House Science Committee, speaks in support of H.R.515, the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act Recorded December 2, 2009

Barton Jennings Gordon (born January 24, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 6th congressional district, serving from 1985 until 2011. The district includes several rural areas and fast-growing suburbs east of Nashville. He was Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He announced on December 14, 2009, that he would not seek re-election in 2010.^[1][2]