PERSON: Mike Bost

U.S. House of Representatives

Member of Congress

Michael Joseph Bost (born December 30, 1960) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the U.S. representative for Illinois’s 12th congressional district since 2015. From 1995 to 2015, Bost was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 115th district. Before holding elected office, he was a firefighter.

Bost was raised Baptist and graduated from Murphysboro High School. He attended a firefighter academy program offered by the University of Illinois, later becoming a firefighter. Because the firefighter program isn’t a college-level degree, he is one of two current Representatives to not have attended a college program leading to a college degree (the other being Lauren Boebert). He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1979 to 1982.

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