Member, District 48
About Christopher Cox
From Newport Beach, CA; born in St. Paul,
Ramsey County, MN, October 16, 1952; education: graduated, St. Thomas
Academy, St. Paul, 1970; B.A., University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, 1973; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 1977; M.B.A.,
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, 1977; attorney; admitted to the
California bar in 1978 and commenced practice in Los Angeles; law clerk,
U.S. Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA, and Honolulu, HI, 1977-78;
associate, Latham and Watkins, Newport Beach, CA, 1978-84; cofounder,
Context Corporation, St. Paul, MN, 1984-86; partner, Latham and Watkins,
Newport Beach, CA, 1984-86; senior associate counsel to the President,
The White House, 1986-88; member: Republican Associates, California
Republican Assembly, and Rotary Club of Orange County; married: Rebecca
Gernhardt Cox; children: Charles, Kathryn and Kevin; committees:
chairman, Homeland Security; elected November 8, 1988, to the 101st
Congress; reelected to each succeeding Congress.