Rick Perry Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of former US Secretary of Energy and former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
Personal
Birth place: Paint Creek, Texas
Birth name: James Richard Perry
Father: Joseph Ray Perry, a farmer
Mother: Amelia (Holt) Perry
Children: Sydney and Griffin
Military Service: US Air Force, 1972-1977, Captain
Religion: Methodist
Is the longest serving governor in Texas history.
Timeline
1977 – Returns to Texas to live and work on his father’s farm.
1978
1985-
1989
1991-1999
1999-2000 – Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
December 21, 2000 – Perry is sworn in as governor after George W. Bush resigns to become president of the United States.
Who is Rick Perry?
James Richard Perry, who was born into a family of cotton farmers in Haskell, Texas, went on to serve as the 47th Governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. From 2017 to 2019, he also served as the US Secretary of Energy under the Trump regime.
In his youth, Perry graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972 and went on to serve in the US Air Force where he achieved the Captain rank. He left the Air Force in 1977 and prepared to join politics. Originally joining the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives till 1991. Meanwhile, he switched to the opposition Republican Party and got elected as the Agriculture Commissioner of the state. He was also Texas s first Republican Lieutenant Governor since the Reconstruction era.
Jon Stewart, on Thursday's Daily Show, repeatedly mocked Rick Perry for his, as he put it, "brain turd" moment at this week's CNBC debate. However, Perry wasn't the only GOP candidate Stewart made fun of. Everyone from Perry to Santorum took a hit. The only candidate Stewart didn't mock was Mitt Romney, whom the Daily Show host declared to be the winner of the whole race. "It's over! Indecision 2012 Mercy Rule Edition. Because in presidential primaries, as in little league, if one team is up 10-0 in the third you call it a day an you head over to Friendly's for some Fribbles and some food poisoning." Stewart initially teased his audience with the Perry clip by calling it: "Rick Perry's now infamous ABC Wide World of Sports agony-of-defeat-worthy brain turd." Then he went on to savage the other GOP contenders on his November 10 show. (video a
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