Vern Buchanan

Vernon G. Buchanan was born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, on May 8, 1951. He earned a B.B.A. from Cleary University in 1975 and an M.B.A. from the University of Detroit in 1986, and served in the Michigan Air National Guard from 1970 to 1976. The House historian lists his earlier career as businessman and campaign staff.

He was elected as a Republican to the 110th Congress and to the nine Congresses that followed, and has served in the House since January 3, 2007. Congress.gov term records list him in Florida's 13th District through the 112th Congress and in the 16th District since the 113th. He sits on the Committee on Ways and Means, where his official biography says he is Vice Chair, and on the Joint Committee on Taxation.