Jerome Moon is an American politician. A
Republican, he represents District 8, encompassing parts of
Blount County, in the
Tennessee House of Representatives
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Constitutional requirements
According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...
. Moon, the former chair of the
Blount County Commission, was appointed the State House seat vacated by
Art Swann
Arthur "Art" Morton Swann (born October 17, 1952) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate, representing the 2nd district from 2017 to 2025. Prior to being appointed to the state senate to replace D ...
on December 13, 2017.
Career
In 2023, the Tennessee House voted on motions to remove three sitting Democratic representatives
Gloria Johnson,
Justin Jones, and
Justin J. Pearson for disrupting proceedings with a protest as demonstrators were at the capitol voicing their outrage over a
mass shooting at a Nashville school that left six dead.
Moon voted in favor of all three resolutions: HR63, to remove Pearson;
HR64, to remove Johnson;
and HR65, to remove Jones.
Pearson and Jones were expelled, while Johnson was not.
References
External links
1947 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
People from Maryville, Tennessee
University of Tennessee alumni
21st-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly
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