Francis Rooney

Francis Rooney
Official portrait, 2017
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Florida's 19th district
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021
Preceded byCurt Clawson
Succeeded byByron Donalds
United States Ambassador to the Holy See
In office
November 12, 2005 – January 10, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJim Nicholson
Succeeded byMary Ann Glendon
Personal details
Born
Laurence Francis Rooney III

(1953-12-04) December 4, 1953 (age 70)
Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Kathleen Collins
(m. 1976)
Children3
EducationGeorgetown University (BA , JD)

Laurence Francis Rooney III (born December 4, 1953) is an American politician and diplomat who was a U.S. representative for Florida's 19th congressional district from 2017 to 2021. A Republican, he served as the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 until 2008. Rooney earned a 95.90% lifetime score from the American Conservative Union.[1]

Rooney is chairman of Rooney Holdings, formerly known as Rooney Brothers Company, an investment and holding company based in Naples, Florida. With a net worth of $22.6 million, Rooney had been one of the wealthiest members of Congress.[2]

In October 2019, Rooney announced that he would not run for re-election to Congress in 2020. He was succeeded by state representative Byron Donalds.[3]

  1. ^ "Center for Legislative Accountability 2018 Ratings of Congress" (PDF). The American Conservative Union Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ^ "Ranking the Net Worth of the 115th". Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Zanona, Melanie; Dixon, Matt; Vasquez, Christian (October 19, 2019). "GOP congressman who was open to impeachment calls it quits". Politico. Washington, DC. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2019.