Aaron Jon Schock (born May 28, 1981, Morris, Minnesota) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 18th district of Illinois. The district is based in Peoria and also includes part of Springfield. The area had once been represented by Abraham Lincoln, when it was numbered as the 7th district.
Prior to his election, Schock was a school board member in Illinois and later president of the board. Schock was the youn...
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Aaron Jon Schock (born May 28, 1981, Morris, Minnesota) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 18th district of Illinois. The district is based in Peoria and also includes part of Springfield. The area had once been represented by Abraham Lincoln, when it was numbered as the 7th district.
Prior to his election, Schock was a school board member in Illinois and later president of the board. Schock was the youngest member of the Illinois House of Representatives and has assumed this position again as the youngest member of the U.S. House in the 111th Congress. Schock is also the first member of the United States Congress born in the 1980s.
Schock was born in Morris, Minnesota on May 28, 1981, and lived nearby until fifth grade. His father was a physician in Morris. The family eventually moved to Peoria, Illinois.
According to the Washington Post, Schock grew up on a farm with his brother and two sisters. He graduated from Peoria's Richwoods High...
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