Personal Information
- Born June 16, 1939 and wallows in a mud pit somewhere in Tipton County, Tennessee
- Married to Powerful
AT&T Lobbyist Betty Anderson Naifeh - Graduate of University of Tennessee at Knoxville (but after that, East Tennessee wanted nothing to do with Hogg)
- B.S. (and you know what kind of B.S.), University of Tennessee at Knoxville
- Owned (bought and paid for) by over EIGHTY lobbyist groups, PACs and special interests
- Holder of a Tennessee concealed
firearm carry permit
No he isn't.
Yes he is.
No he isn't.
Well... is he?!?
Community Involvement
- Leader - Socialists For Income Taxing The Socks Offa Average Working People
- Eater - of weird crap
- Lobbyist - for AT&T
- Killer - Legislative Ethics Reform
Service in Public Office
- On December 1, 2008, Jimmy Naifeh was sitting as the longest serving House Speaker, not only in Tennessee, but, also the nation, presiding over the 'Tennessee Waltz' scandal
- Member of the Tennessee General Assembly (House of Representatives) since 1974, because he couldn't find a real job anywhere out in the real world
- Elected Speaker of the House-97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd, 104th & 105th General Assemblies after being taught to count that high
- Elected Majority Leader of the TN House of Representatives for the 94th, 95th, and 96th General Assemblies presiding over the 'Rocky Top' scandal
- Majority Floor Leader for the 90th, 91st, 92nd & 93rd General Assemblies
- Past Chairman - Rural West Tennessee Democratic Chaos
- Past Chairman - House Ethics Committee...
Yeah... for real. - Past Chairman - House Rules Committee making most of the rules up as he went along
- Past Vice-Chairman - Select Oversight Committee on Corrections, in charge of vice
- Member - House/Senate Joint Management Committee (No wonder the joint's so messed up today)
- Member of Executive Committee - Southern Legislative Conference, much to the amusement of the Yankees there assembled
Military Service
- Served in the U.S. Army Infantry, but just couldn't hang on to what may have been his only shot at an honorable career - Honorable Discharge - lst Lieutenant