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Chris Perkins (politician)

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Chris Perkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 7th district
In office
November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byCarl D. Perkins
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 92nd district
In office
January 1, 1982 – November 6, 1984
Preceded byBill Weinberg
Succeeded byJim Rose
Personal details
Born
Carl Christopher Perkins

(1954-08-06) August 6, 1954 (age 70)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesCarl D. Perkins (father)
EducationDavidson College (BA)
University of Louisville (JD)
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (MDiv, ThM)

Carl Christopher Perkins (born August 6, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States representative from the 7th district of Kentucky from 1984 to 1993. Perkins was convicted on three federal felony corruption charges in relation to the House banking scandal.

Biography

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Perkins is the son of Carl D. Perkins, who represented Kentucky in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1984. Perkins was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Fort Hunt High School, Alexandria, Virginia in 1972. He earned his B.A. from Davidson College in 1976. In 1978, he earned a J.D. degree from the University of Louisville. He worked for some time as a lawyer in private practice.[1]

From 1982 to 1984, he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing Kentucky's 92nd House district.[1][2]

Perkins was elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the 98th and the 99th Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. Perkins was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1993). The seat that he held, Kentucky's 7th district, was eliminated by redistricting and became Kentucky's 5th district and some counties in Kentucky's 4th district.[1] He did not seek re-election to Congress in 1992 from the new 5th district, in part due to the House banking scandal.

In 1994, Perkins agreed to plead guilty on three felony charges in connection with the House banking scandal.[3] The following year, he was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions and improperly obtaining bank loans. He was also placed on three years' supervised probation, ordered to perform 250 hours of community service, and told to complete any treatment for alcoholism deemed necessary by his probation officer.[4]

After his release from prison, Perkins attended Louisville Seminary where he received his Master of Divinity in 2003 and Master of Theology in 2008. He became an ordained Presbyterian minister, and served a church in Ezel, Kentucky, before becoming pastor of Enslow Park Presbyterian Church in Huntington, West Virginia.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c United States Congress. "Chris Perkins (id: P000229)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ "Kentucky General Assembly Membership 1900-2005 - Volume II, 1950-2005" (PDF). Legislative Research Commission. April 2005. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
  3. ^ Former U.S. Representative Chris Perkins is charged, agrees to plead guilty, U.S. Department of Justice press release, December 13, 1994
  4. ^ Prison for Ex-Congressman, The New York Times, March 14, 1995
  5. ^ Former Congressman turns to different public ministry
  6. ^ "Huntington churches honor Scottish traditions". West Virginia Press Association. 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 7th congressional district
1984–1993 		Constituency abolished
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Representative 		Succeeded byas Former US Representative
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