PERSON: Trey Gowdy

Congressman

Harold Watson “Trey” Gowdy III (born August 22, 1964) is the U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes much of the Upstate region, including Greenville and Spartanburg.

Before his election to Congress, he was the solicitor (district attorney) for the state’s Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising Spartanburg and Cherokee counties. From 1994 to 2000, he was a federal prosecutor with the United States attorney’s office in South Carolina.

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