Residence Jeffersonville Spouse Kelly Francis (m. 2014) | Website House website Parents Dan Hollingsworth | |
Full Name Joseph Albert Hollingsworth III Alma mater Georgetown UniversityUniversity of Pennsylvania Office Representative (R-IN 9th District) since 2017 Similar Shelli Yoder, Todd Young, Jim Banks, Todd Rokita, Jackie Walorski Profiles | ||
Joseph Albert "Trey" Hollingsworth III /ˈhɒlɪŋzˌwɜːrθ/ (born September 12, 1983) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Indiana, who is the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Early life and education
Hollingsworth was born in Clinton, Tennessee. He attended Webb School in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the University of Pennsylvania, graduating from the Wharton School. After graduating from Wharton, Hollingsworth founded Hollingsworth Capital Partners, which specialized in rebuilding old manufacturing sites and returning them to service. He also founded an aluminum remanufacturing company.
2016 U.S. House election
Hollingsworth moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana; a suburb of Louisville, in September 2015. He declared his campaign for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in October 2015. Running in the Republican Party primary election against Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and State Senators Erin Houchin and Brent Waltz, Hollingsworth won, receiving 34% of the vote. He faced Democratic Party nominee Shelli Yoder in the November general election. Hollingsworth defeated Yoder by 14 points, winning 54% of the vote. He was sworn into office on January 3, 2017.
Hollingsworth has promised to serve no more than eight years (four terms) in the House.
Personal life
Hollingsworth married Kelly Francis from Louisville, Kentucky, at the Lowndes Grove Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina.
