Bill Cassidy

A Representative from Louisiana; born in Highland Park, Lake County, Ill., September 28, 1957; B.S., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., 1979; M.D., Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans, La., 1983; physician; member of the Louisiana state senate, 2006-2008; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Eleventh and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2009-2015). He was elected to the US Senate in 2014 for the term ending in january 2021.