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Rees was born in [[New Orleans]], the first of twelve children<ref name=fedso/> to a [[Roman Catholic]] couple, Grover Joseph Rees, II (1927-2008), and the former Patricia Byrne (1927-2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32790843/grover-joseph-rees|title=Maj. Grover Joseph Rees, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/917/000128533/|title=Grover Rees|publisher=Nndb.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> His father was in the military; so the family traveled around a great deal. His paternal grandparents, Grover Rees, I (1891-1994), and the former Consuelo Broussard (1889-2003, both of whom lived past the age of one hundred, made their home in Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147781291/grover-joseph-rees|title=Grover Joseph Reese, I|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> and Rees spent many of his summers there. In 1976, the senior Rees, a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and the [[Harvard]] Law Center, penned ''A Narrative History of Breaux Bridge, Once Called 'La Pointe.'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-History-Breaux-Bridge-Called/dp/B0006WDGVW|title=A Narrative History of Breaux Bridge, Once Called 'La Pointe'''|publisher=Amazon.com|date=January 1, 1976|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
Rees was born in [[New Orleans]], the first of twelve children<ref name=fedso/> to a [[Roman Catholic]] couple, Grover Joseph Rees, II (1927-2008), and the former Patricia Byrne (1927-2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32790843/grover-joseph-rees|title=Maj. Grover Joseph Rees, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nndb.com/people/917/000128533/|title=Grover Rees|publisher=Nndb.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> His father was in the military; so the family traveled around a great deal. His paternal grandparents, Grover Rees, I (1891-1994), and the former Consuelo Broussard (1889-2003, both of whom lived past the age of one hundred, made their home in Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147781291/grover-joseph-rees|title=Grover Joseph Reese, I|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> and Rees spent many of his summers there. In 1976, the senior Rees, a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and the [[Harvard]] Law Center, penned ''A Narrative History of Breaux Bridge, Once Called 'La Pointe.'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Narrative-History-Breaux-Bridge-Called/dp/B0006WDGVW|title=A Narrative History of Breaux Bridge, Once Called 'La Pointe'''|publisher=Amazon.com|date=January 1, 1976|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the Yale Political Union. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's [[Paul M. Hebert]] Law School, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, III, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and Samoan.<ref name=fedso/>
Rees, III, obtained his undergraduate degree from [[Yale University]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], at which he served in the Yale Political Union. In 1978, Reese graduated from LSU's Paul M. Hebert Law Center, at which he was a member of the academic honor society Order of the Coif. From 1978 to 1979, he was a law clerk to then-Associate Justice [[Albert Tate, Jr.]], of the Louisiana Supreme Court.<ref name=ourcampaigns>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=88462 title=Rees, III, Grover J.|publisher=Ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He speaks [[France|French]], [[Spanish]], [[Portugal|Portuguese]], and [[Samoa]]n.<ref name=fedso/>
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==Defending human rights==
==Defending human rights==
Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He is also a former legislative aide to Representative [[Chris Smith|Christopher H. Smith]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]], and a leader of anti-[[abortion]] forces in the [[United States House of Representatives] since 1981. Rees shares Smith's anti-abortion position.
Rees was Chief Justice of the High Court of [[American Samoa]] from 1986 to 1991, having served under appointment of both Presidents [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald W. Reagan]] and [[George Herbert Walker Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?groverrees|title=Grover Rees, III|publisher=[[C-SPAN)|date=November 7, 1987|accessdate=May 14, 2020}}</ref> He is also a former legislative aide to Representative [[Chris Smith|Christopher H. Smith]], a [[Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Trenton]], [[New Jersey]], and a leader of anti-[[abortion]] forces in the [[United States House of Representatives] since 1981. Rees shares Smith's anti-abortion position.