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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jeffrey H. "Jeff" Hoover
|office=Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
|term_start=January 5, 2017
|term_end=November 5, 2017 (resignation)
|predecessor=Greg Stumbo
|successor=David Osborne (interim)
|office2=Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives
|term_start2=January 2, 2001
|term_end2=January 5, 2017
|predecessor2=
|successor2=Rocky Adkins
| office3=Kentucky State Representative for District 83 (Clinton, Pulaski, and Russell counties)
| term_start3=1997
| term_end3=
| preceded3=
| succeeded3=
| birth_date=January 18, 1960
| birth_place=Albany, Clinton County<br>[[Kentucky]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Karyn L. Hoover
| children=Blair, Ryan, and Evan Hoover
| alma_mater=Centre College<br>Cumberland School of Law
| religion=[[Baptist]]
}}
'''Jeffrey H. Hoover''', known as '''Jeff Hoover''' (born January 18, 1960), is a state representative from Kentucky's 83rd District, which encmpasses Clinton, Pulaski, and Russell counties in the southern portion of the commonwealth. He was Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives for nine months, from January 5 to November 5, 2017.
Hoover vacated the Speakership after the media reported that he tried to keep confidential a sexual harassment complaint which he had settled privately with a former member of his staff. [[Governor]] [[Matt Bevin]] had called upon officials to step down if involved in sexual harassment matters. At first Hoover defied the governor, but after a day he vacated the Speakership but indicated that he would continue as a state representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article182922161.html|title=Jeff Hoover resigns as Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives|publisher=Kentucky.com|date=November 5, 2017|author=
Jack Brammer and Beth Musgrave|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
Before his stint as Speaker, Hoover had a lengthy commitment as the House [[Republican Party|Republican]] Minority Leader, with service from 2001 to 2017. He was first elected to the state House in 1996 and took office in January 1997.
Hoover was born in Albany in Clinton County in southern Kentucky just north of the [um[[Tennessee]] state line. He is a graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, [[Alabama]]. He practices law in Jamestown in Russell County, also in the mid-southern portion of his state. For many years he has been the city attorney in both Jamestown and Liberty in Casey County in south central Kentucky. In 2007, he was an unsuccessful nominee for lieutenant governor of Kentucky, losing to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Daniel Mongiardo. The governor elected that year was the outgoing lieutenant governor, the Democrat [[Steve Beshear]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/11557/jeff-hoover#.Wf--crpFx2E|title=Jeff Hoover's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
Hoover is a [[Baptist]]. He and his wife, Karyn, have three daughters, Blair, Ryan, and Evan Hoover.<ref name=pvs/>
In most of his state House races, Hoover ran without opposition in either the Republican [[primary]] or the [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jeffrey_Hoover|title=Jeffrey Hoover|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>Hoover is a member of these House committees: (1) Committee on Committees, (2) Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary, (3) Legislative Research Commission, (4) Rules.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2009, Representative Hoover voted for an increase in alcohol and tobacco sales taxes, a measure which cleared the House, 66-34. On February 4, 2010, he voted against the approved legislation which bans texting and underage cell phone use while driving, but on April 1 he reversed that position on final passage of the legislation. He voted to extend voting rights to certain felons, a measure approved by the House, 83-16, but on final passage of that measure did not vote. In 2012, he voted against requiring seat belts in passenger vans but the measure passed the House, 61-33. In 2013, he voted for legislation forbidding government from interfering with religious activities in Kentucky. He opposed the approved legislation establishing an electronic ballot transmission system for military and overseas voters. He voted to permit immigrants to remain in a public high school until the age of twenty-three.<ref name=voting/>
In 2014, Hoover voted against an increase in the state [[minimum wage]]. He supported the issuance of concealed carry permits for victims of domestic violence. He voted to permit the court to expunge felony convictions from the crime record. In 2015, he voted to prohibit [[smoking]] in public places; the bill passed the House, 51-46; smokers are particularly numerous in his tobacco-growing state. In 2017, as Speaker, Hoover voted that Kentucky women must obtain an ultrasound twenty-four hours prior to scheduling an [[abortion]].<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11557/jeff-hoover#.Wf_GHbpFx2E|title=Jeff Hoover's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Kentucky]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
|name=Jeffrey H. "Jeff" Hoover
|office=Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
|term_start=January 5, 2017
|term_end=November 5, 2017 (resignation)
|predecessor=Greg Stumbo
|successor=David Osborne (interim)
|office2=Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives
|term_start2=January 2, 2001
|term_end2=January 5, 2017
|predecessor2=
|successor2=Rocky Adkins
| office3=Kentucky State Representative for District 83 (Clinton, Pulaski, and Russell counties)
| term_start3=1997
| term_end3=
| preceded3=
| succeeded3=
| birth_date=January 18, 1960
| birth_place=Albany, Clinton County<br>[[Kentucky]]
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Karyn L. Hoover
| children=Blair, Ryan, and Evan Hoover
| alma_mater=Centre College<br>Cumberland School of Law
| religion=[[Baptist]]
}}
'''Jeffrey H. Hoover''', known as '''Jeff Hoover''' (born January 18, 1960), is a state representative from Kentucky's 83rd District, which encmpasses Clinton, Pulaski, and Russell counties in the southern portion of the commonwealth. He was Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives for nine months, from January 5 to November 5, 2017.
Hoover vacated the Speakership after the media reported that he tried to keep confidential a sexual harassment complaint which he had settled privately with a former member of his staff. [[Governor]] [[Matt Bevin]] had called upon officials to step down if involved in sexual harassment matters. At first Hoover defied the governor, but after a day he vacated the Speakership but indicated that he would continue as a state representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article182922161.html|title=Jeff Hoover resigns as Speaker of Kentucky House of Representatives|publisher=Kentucky.com|date=November 5, 2017|author=
Jack Brammer and Beth Musgrave|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
Before his stint as Speaker, Hoover had a lengthy commitment as the House [[Republican Party|Republican]] Minority Leader, with service from 2001 to 2017. He was first elected to the state House in 1996 and took office in January 1997.
Hoover was born in Albany in Clinton County in southern Kentucky just north of the [um[[Tennessee]] state line. He is a graduate of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, and the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, [[Alabama]]. He practices law in Jamestown in Russell County, also in the mid-southern portion of his state. For many years he has been the city attorney in both Jamestown and Liberty in Casey County in south central Kentucky. In 2007, he was an unsuccessful nominee for lieutenant governor of Kentucky, losing to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Daniel Mongiardo. The governor elected that year was the outgoing lieutenant governor, the Democrat [[Steve Beshear]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/11557/jeff-hoover#.Wf--crpFx2E|title=Jeff Hoover's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
Hoover is a [[Baptist]]. He and his wife, Karyn, have three daughters, Blair, Ryan, and Evan Hoover.<ref name=pvs/>
In most of his state House races, Hoover ran without opposition in either the Republican [[primary]] or the [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jeffrey_Hoover|title=Jeffrey Hoover|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>Hoover is a member of these House committees: (1) Committee on Committees, (2) Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary, (3) Legislative Research Commission, (4) Rules.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2009, Representative Hoover voted for an increase in alcohol and tobacco sales taxes, a measure which cleared the House, 66-34. On February 4, 2010, he voted against the approved legislation which bans texting and underage cell phone use while driving, but on April 1 he reversed that position on final passage of the legislation. He voted to extend voting rights to certain felons, a measure approved by the House, 83-16, but on final passage of that measure did not vote. In 2012, he voted against requiring seat belts in passenger vans but the measure passed the House, 61-33. In 2013, he voted for legislation forbidding government from interfering with religious activities in Kentucky. He opposed the approved legislation establishing an electronic ballot transmission system for military and overseas voters. He voted to permit immigrants to remain in a public high school until the age of twenty-three.<ref name=voting/>
In 2014, Hoover voted against an increase in the state [[minimum wage]]. He supported the issuance of concealed carry permits for victims of domestic violence. He voted to permit the court to expunge felony convictions from the crime record. In 2015, he voted to prohibit [[smoking]] in public places; the bill passed the House, 51-46; smokers are particularly numerous in his tobacco-growing state. In 2017, as Speaker, Hoover voted that Kentucky women must obtain an ultrasound twenty-four hours prior to scheduling an [[abortion]].<ref name=voting>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/11557/jeff-hoover#.Wf_GHbpFx2E|title=Jeff Hoover's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoover, Jeff}}
[[Category:Kentucky]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
[[Category:Baptists]]