Mac Thornberry
Mac Thornberry Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 13th district Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 1995 Preceded by Bill Sarpalius Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2015 Preceded by Buck McKeon Personal details Born (1958-07-15) July 15, 1958 (age 56) Clarendon, Texas, U.S. Political party Republican Spouse(s) Sally Thornberry Alma mater Texas Tech University University of Texas School of Law Religion Presbyterianism William McClellan Thornberry, known as Mac Thornberry (born July 15, 1958), is the U.S. Representative from the Texas Panhandle. He has served since 1995, when the House seated its first Republican majority in forty years. A Republican, Thornberry represents Texas's 13th congressional district, a GOP stronghold which stretches between the Oklahoma and New Mexico borders. It winds across the Panhandle into the South Plains, then runs east across the Red River Valley. Covering over 40,000 square miles (100,000 km2), it is the second-largest district geographically in Texas and one of the largest (excluding at-large districts in Wyoming, Montana, and Alaska) in the country. It is even larger in area than thirteen states. The principal cities in the district are Amarillo and Wichita Falls.