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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jeremy K. Gillam
|image=Jeremy Gillam of AR.jpg
|office=Speaker of the [[Arkansas]] House of Representatives
|term_start=January 8, 2015
|term_end=June 2018
|predecessor=Davy Carter
|successor= Matthew Shepherd
|office2=Arkansas State Representative for District 45
|term_start2= January 2013
|term_end2=2018
|predecessor2=Linda Tyler
|successor2=Jim Wooten
|office3=Arkansas State Representative for District 49
|term_start3=January 2011
|term_end3=January 2013
|predecessor3=Jonathan Dismang
|successo3=Marshall Wright
|birth_date=August 2, 1976
|birth_place=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Carissa J. Gillam
|children=Alexander and Jaxon Gillam
|alma_mater=Arkansas State University-Beebe<br>
Arkansas State University-Jonesboro
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''Jeremy K. Gillam''' (born August 2, 1976) is a [[farmer]] from Judsonia in White County in central [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 45, which he has represented from 2013 to 2018. The district includes parts of Faulkner, Lonoke]], and White counties From 2011 to 2013, he represented House District 49.<ref name=jgillam>{{cite web|url=|title=Jeremy Gillam, R-45|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref> He was the House [[Speajer[[ frin 2015 to 2018, having succeeded fellow Republican Davy Carter of Lonoke County, who was term-limited after three two-year terms in the House.
==Background==
In 1999, Gillam obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology and Counseling from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He first attended the ASU branch campus at Beebe in White County.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119137/jeremy-gillam#.Ur4RdpV3uZM|title=Jeremy Gillam's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
Gilliam and his wife, Carissa J. Gillam (born 1977) have two sons, Alexander and Jaxon Gillam. He has operated Gillam Farms since his college graduation in 1999.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Political life==
In 2010, Gillam was elected in House District 49, when the Republican incumbent, Jonathan Dismang, instead ran successfully for the state Senate. After a primary victory, Gillam defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jesse Boyce, 5,228 (66.8 percent) to 2,594 (33.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 49|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
In 2012, Gillam was unopposed for the Republican nomination for his second two-year term when he was switched to House District 45. No Democrat filed for the seat. Gillam instead handily defeated the [[Green Party]] nominee, Travis Mason, 6,958 (83.2 percent) to 1,403 (16.8 percent). The incumbent Democratic representative, Linda Tyler, ran for election in Senate District 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 45|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
Gillam served on the Arkansas Legislative Council and these House committees: (1) Energy, (2) Judiciary, (3) Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, and (4) Rules.<ref name=votesmart/>
Representative Gillam in 2013 in District 45 supported a spending cap on the state budget, but the bill failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He voted to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then Governor [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]. Gillam supported related pro-life legislation to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety. He supported legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords/>
In 2011, Gillam in District 49 co-sponsored legislation to permit weapons in religious institutions. He supported a dress code for public schools. He backed curriculum standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He voted for the Capital Gains Reduction Act. He voted to permit driver's license tests only in the [[English]] language. On January 31, 2011, Gillam voted against legislation to prohibit [[cell phone]] use in school zone; the next day, he and several colleagues reversed themselves, and the proposal passed, fifty-three to forty-one.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119137/jeremy-gillam#.Ur4zGpV3uZM|title=Jeremy Gillam's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
|name=Jeremy K. Gillam
|image=Jeremy Gillam of AR.jpg
|office=Speaker of the [[Arkansas]] House of Representatives
|term_start=January 8, 2015
|term_end=June 2018
|predecessor=Davy Carter
|successor= Matthew Shepherd
|office2=Arkansas State Representative for District 45
|term_start2= January 2013
|term_end2=2018
|predecessor2=Linda Tyler
|successor2=Jim Wooten
|office3=Arkansas State Representative for District 49
|term_start3=January 2011
|term_end3=January 2013
|predecessor3=Jonathan Dismang
|successo3=Marshall Wright
|birth_date=August 2, 1976
|birth_place=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=Carissa J. Gillam
|children=Alexander and Jaxon Gillam
|alma_mater=Arkansas State University-Beebe<br>
Arkansas State University-Jonesboro
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''Jeremy K. Gillam''' (born August 2, 1976) is a [[farmer]] from Judsonia in White County in central [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former state representative for District 45, which he has represented from 2013 to 2018. The district includes parts of Faulkner, Lonoke]], and White counties From 2011 to 2013, he represented House District 49.<ref name=jgillam>{{cite web|url=|title=Jeremy Gillam, R-45|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=December 27, 2013}}</ref> He was the House [[Speajer[[ frin 2015 to 2018, having succeeded fellow Republican Davy Carter of Lonoke County, who was term-limited after three two-year terms in the House.
==Background==
In 1999, Gillam obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology and Counseling from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He first attended the ASU branch campus at Beebe in White County.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119137/jeremy-gillam#.Ur4RdpV3uZM|title=Jeremy Gillam's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
Gilliam and his wife, Carissa J. Gillam (born 1977) have two sons, Alexander and Jaxon Gillam. He has operated Gillam Farms since his college graduation in 1999.<ref name=votesmart/>
==Political life==
In 2010, Gillam was elected in House District 49, when the Republican incumbent, Jonathan Dismang, instead ran successfully for the state Senate. After a primary victory, Gillam defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jesse Boyce, 5,228 (66.8 percent) to 2,594 (33.2 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2010|title=District 49|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
In 2012, Gillam was unopposed for the Republican nomination for his second two-year term when he was switched to House District 45. No Democrat filed for the seat. Gillam instead handily defeated the [[Green Party]] nominee, Travis Mason, 6,958 (83.2 percent) to 1,403 (16.8 percent). The incumbent Democratic representative, Linda Tyler, ran for election in Senate District 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2012|title=District 45|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
Gillam served on the Arkansas Legislative Council and these House committees: (1) Energy, (2) Judiciary, (3) Agriculture, Forestry, and Economic Development, and (4) Rules.<ref name=votesmart/>
Representative Gillam in 2013 in District 45 supported a spending cap on the state budget, but the bill failed by a two-vote margin in the House. He voted to override the [[veto]]es of Democratic then Governor [[Mike Beebe]] to enact legislation to require photo identification for casting a ballot in Arkansas and to ban [[abortion]] after twenty weeks of [[gestation]]. Gillam supported related pro-life legislation to ban abortion whenever fetal heartbeat is detected, to forbid the inclusion of abortion in the state insurance exchange, and to make the death of an unborn child a [[felony]] in certain cases. He voted to empower university officials to carry weapons in the name of campus safety. He supported legislation to make the office of prosecuting attorney in Arkansas a nonpartisan position. He supported the bill, signed by Governor Beebe, to permit the sale of up to five hundred gallons per month of [[Louis Pasteur|unpasteurized]] whole milk directly from the farm to consumers.<ref name=votingrecords/>
In 2011, Gillam in District 49 co-sponsored legislation to permit weapons in religious institutions. He supported a dress code for public schools. He backed curriculum standards for biblical instruction in public schools. He voted for the Capital Gains Reduction Act. He voted to permit driver's license tests only in the [[English]] language. On January 31, 2011, Gillam voted against legislation to prohibit [[cell phone]] use in school zone; the next day, he and several colleagues reversed themselves, and the proposal passed, fifty-three to forty-one.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/119137/jeremy-gillam#.Ur4zGpV3uZM|title=Jeremy Gillam's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gillam, Jeremy}}
[[Category:Arkansas]]
[[Category:Farmers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]