John W. Rose
RepublicanU.S. Representative, TN-6| Age | 61 (b. 1965-02-23) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2019-01-03 (~7 yrs) |
| Religion | Christian (Church of Christ); attends Jefferson Avenue Church of Christ in Cookeville, TN |
| Education | B.S. in agribusiness economics, Tennessee Technological University (1988); M.S. in agricultural economics, Purdue University (1990); J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School (1993) |
| Prior occupation | Businessman, attorney, and farmer (eighth-generation farmer); co-founder of Transcender Corp. (sold for $60M in 2000) and owner/president of Boson Software, LLC, an IT training company |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Cookeville, Tennessee |
| Languages | English |
| Marital status | Married — Chelsea Doss Rose |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Cookeville, Tennessee |
Pending research: race / ethnicity · notable relatives · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2018 |
| Previous offices | 33rd Commissioner of Agriculture of Tennessee (August 1, 2002 - January 18, 2003) |
| Committees | Committee on Agriculture · Committee on Financial Services |
| Caucuses | Republican Study Committee |
| Leadership | Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development (House Agriculture Committee, 119th Congress) |
| Ideology | Conservative Republican; member of the Republican Study Committee; voted to object to 2020 electoral certification and signed amicus brief in Texas v. Pennsylvania; described as a Trump ally |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $22,449,064–$96,987,000 (2018) · estimate
| Boson Software, LLC (IT professional training company) | business_owned · 2018 |
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.