Thom Tillis (Born 1961) – Junior United States Senator
Thom Tillis has had quite a run in the United States political scene. He started out as town commissioner before moving his way up to the General Assembly in 2006. In 2011, he became speaker of the North Carolina House.
His list of achievements became longer after his election into the United States Senate in 2014. In 2015, he began serving as the Junior United States senator from North Carolina. Willis got reelected to the United States Senate in 2020. In 2021, he voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the United States Capitol attack that happened in 2021.