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Biographical

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Education

• University of South Carolina School of Law - JD (1972)

• Washington and Lee University - BA (1969)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 55.66%

  Republican
  Adair Ford Boroughs, 42.59%

  Democrat
  Kathleen Wright, 1.69%

  Constitution

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 56.00%

  Republican
  Sean J. Carrigan, 43.00%

  Democrat
  Sonny Narang, 1.00%

  American Party

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 60.25%

  Republican
  Arik Bjorn, 35.89%

  Democrat, Green
  Eddie McCain, 3.75%

  American Party

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 62.45%

  Republican
  Phil Black, 35.28%

  Democrat
  Harold Geddings III, 2.13%

  Undetermined

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 96.27%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 53.48%

  Republican
  Rob Miller, 43.76%

  Democrat
  Eddie Mccain, 1.63%

  Libertarian
  Marc Beaman, 1.10%

  Constitution

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 53.74%

  Republican
  Rob Miller, 46.18%

  Democrat

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 62.64%

  Republican
  Michael Ray Ellisor, 37.29%

  Democrat

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 64.98%

  Republican
  Michael Ray Ellisor, 33.32%

  Democrat
  Steve Lefemine, 1.59%

  Constitution

• 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)

  2nd Congressional District of South Carolina
  Addison Graves Wilson Sr. (Joe), 84.12%

  Republican
  Mark Whittington, 10.03%

  Undetermined
  James R Jim Legg, 5.63%

  Libertarian

Employment History

• U.S. Department of Energy (1981-1982)

  Deputy General Counsel

• Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & Thomas

  Founding Partner

• Springdale (S.C.) Muncipal Court

  Judge

• Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC)

  Aide

• Spence for Congress Committee (South Carolina)
  Floyd Davidson Spence

  Campaign Aide

Associated Organizations

• AGW LLC

• Boy Scouts of America

• Joe Wilson for Congress Committee (South Carolina)

• Speak Up America PAC

Awards

• Colonel Arthur T. Marix Congressional Leadership Award (Military Officers Association of America) (Feb. 2020)

• Champions for Charters Award (National Alliance for Public Charter Schools) (May 2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Defender Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (May 2017)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (May 2016)

• Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award (60 Plus Association) (2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Congressional Award (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States) (March 2014)

• Defender of Liberty Award (American Conservative Union) (Feb. 21, 2013)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (Sept. 2012)

Military History

• South Carolina Army National Guard (1975-2003)

  Colonel

  Staff judge advocate assigned to 218th Mechanized Infantry Brigade

• U.S. Army Reserve (1972-1975)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	1436 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4002
Phone:	202-225-2452

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Privately Financed Travel

17 trips taken between 2003 - 2024 costing $66,036

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Co-Chair
• House Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee Readiness Subcommittee
House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces Subcommittee
• House Education and the Workforce Committee
House Education and the Workforce Committee Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee
• House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee Europe Subcommittee
House Foreign Affairs Committee Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Subcommittee, Chair

Caucuses

• Air Cargo Caucus
• Americans Abroad Caucus
• Anti-Value Added Tax Caucus
• Atlantic Offshore Energy Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus
• Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
• Bulgaria Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Adult Literacy Caucus
• Congressional Afghan Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Afterschool Caucus
• Congressional Air Force Caucus
• Congressional Algerian Caucus
• Congressional America 250 Caucus
• Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Army Aviation Caucus
• Congressional Army Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Arts Caucus
• Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Azerbaijan Caucus
• Congressional Bangladesh Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Bike Caucus
• Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus
• Congressional Boating Caucus
• Congressional Brain Injury Task Force
• Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus
• Congressional Caucus Against Foreign Corruption and Kleptocracy, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues
• Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Korea, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
• Congressional Caucus on Qatari - American Strategic Relationships, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Vietnam
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Coast Guard Caucus
• Congressional Community College Caucus
• Congressional Composites Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Constitution Caucus
• Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus
• Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional Directed Energy Caucus
• Congressional EMS Caucus
• Congressional Energy Savings Performance Caucus
• Congressional Explosive Ordnance Disposal Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional Fragile X Caucus
• Congressional French Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Friends of Denmark Caucus
• Congressional Friends of New Zealand Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Norway Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Scotland Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus
• Congressional Friends of Sweden Caucus
• Congressional Georgia Caucus
• Congressional German-American Caucus
• Congressional Glaucoma Caucus
• Congressional Global Health Caucus
• Congressional Golf Caucus
• Congressional Heart and Stroke Coalition
• Congressional Hellenic Caucus
• Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance
• Congressional Home Health Caucus
• Congressional Horse Caucus
• Congressional House Manufacturing Caucus
• Congressional Independent Colleges Caucus
• Congressional Indonesia Caucus
• Congressional Internet Caucus
• Congressional Investment in American Jobs
• Congressional Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus
• Congressional Iraq Caucus
• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Congressional Kidney Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional Lupus Caucus
• Congressional Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases Caucus
• Congressional Manufactured Housing Caucus
• Congressional Mental Health Caucus
• Congressional Military Family Caucus
• Congressional Military Mental Health Caucus
• Congressional Military Veterans Caucus
• Congressional Military Youth Programs Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus
• Congressional Mongolia Caucus
• Congressional Morocco Caucus
• Congressional Motorcycle Caucus
• Congressional Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional Native American Caucus
• Congressional Natural Gas Caucus
• Congressional Navy and Marine Corps Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
• Congressional Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Awareness Caucus
• Congressional Pediatric and Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
• Congressional Philanthropy Caucus
• Congressional Physical Activity Caucus
• Congressional Prayer Caucus
• Congressional Rare Earth Caucus
• Congressional Regulatory Review Caucus
• Congressional Rural Caucus
• Congressional Serbian Caucus
• Congressional Shellfish Caucus
• Congressional Shipbuilding Caucus
• Congressional Singapore Caucus
• Congressional Slovak Caucus
• Congressional Smart Transportation Caucus, Co-Founder
• Congressional Social Work Caucus
• Congressional Special Operations Forces Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus
• Congressional Sudan and South Sudan Caucus
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Task Force on Responsible Fatherhood
• Congressional Tire Caucus
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
• Congressional UK Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
• Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus
• Congressional Wine Caucus
• Congressional Working Forests Caucus
• Congressional Youth ChalleNGe Caucus
• Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
• Crohn's and Colitis Caucus
• Election Integrity Caucus
• European Union Caucus, Co-Chair and Founder
• Friends of a Free, Stable and Democratic Syria Caucus
• Friends of Belarus Caucus, Co-Chair
• Friends of Job Corps Congressional Caucus
• Friends of Switzerland Caucus
• Historic Preservation Caucus
• House 4-H Caucus
• House Aerospace Caucus
• House Automotive Caucus
• House Baltic Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Cancer Caucus
• House Ethiopian-American Caucus, Co-Chair
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus
• House Lumber Trade Caucus
• House Military Depot, Arsenal, Ammunition Plant and Industrial Facilities Caucus
• House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus
• House Real Estate Caucus
• House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• House Republican Conference
• House Republican Israel Caucus, Co-Chair
• House Republican Study Committee
• House Republican Study Committee National Security and Foreign Affairs Task Force, Chair
• House Rural Education Caucus
• House Science and National Labs Caucus
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House Space Force Caucus
• House Textile Caucus
• House U.S.-Slovenia Friendship Caucus
• Hypersonic Caucus
• International Conservation Caucus
• International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus
• Kurdish-American Congressional Caucus
• Missile Defense Caucus
• Montenegro Caucus
• Northern Border Caucus
• Rare Disease Caucus
• Romania Caucus
• Service Organization Caucus
• United Service Organizations Congressional Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Democrats outspend GOP in Q1 office budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 21, 2021
  House Democrats outspent Republicans in their official Q1 budgets, according to LegiStorm data. read more

• LD to Rep. Joe Wilson moves to AIPAC

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 4, 2021
  A GOP staffer has traded his extensive Middle East policy experience for a job with the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee. read more

• Drug abuse caucus co-chair loses aide to pharma industry

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 23, 2017
  A co-chair of the Senate Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus has lost a policy aide to the nation's largest distributor of prescription drugs. read more

• Obama and Wilmore move staffers to Twitter

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on May 2, 2016
  Comedian Larry Wilmore, the roaster-in-chief for President Obama's final White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, might have bombed inside the Hilton ballroom, but several congressional staffers on the outside took to Twitter on Sunday to praise Wilmore's performance. Many staffers thought Obama was the real comedian-in-chief on that night. read more

• Wilson staffer goes nuclear

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on July 7, 2015
  Rep. Joe Wilson's (R-S.C.) top legislative staffer has taken the nuclear option by becoming director of federal programs at the Nuclear Energy Institute. read more

• Posted by Katie Barrows on Aug. 15, 2013
  A Republican consultant who played a controversial role in the 2010 South Carolina Democratic primary has signed on as communications director for Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio). read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Aug. 13, 2012
  A weapons manufacturer is bringing out the big guns for congressional staff, who recently got to play with heavy machine guns. read more

• Wilson's $100k part-time staffer becomes campaign issue

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 26, 2010
  According to the public record, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) appears to have a part-time staffer on his payroll at nearly $100,000 a year, a pay rate which has been used by Democratic election challenger Rob Miller as evidence against Wilson's claim of fiscal conservatism. read more

• Rep. Joe Wilson's staff tied to health care lobbying

  Posted by LegiStorm on Sept. 11, 2009
  The chief of staff to Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), whose outburst during President Obama's health care address to the nation earlier this week surprised many, took a pause in his government duties over the past two years and worked as a health care lobbyist. read more