Editing Christopher Cox (section)

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (born 1952)}}
{{Other people||Chris Cox (disambiguation){{!}}Chris Cox}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Christopher Cox
|image         = ChrisCox.jpg
|office        = 28th Chair of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission|Securities and Exchange Commission]]
|president     = [[George W. Bush]]
|term_start    = August 3, 2005
|term_end      = January 20, 2009
|predecessor   = [[William H. Donaldson]]
|successor     = [[Mary Schapiro]]
|office1       = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Homeland Security|House Homeland Security Committee]]
|term_start1   = January 3, 2003
|term_end1     = August 2, 2005
|predecessor1  = [[Dick Armey]]
|successor1    = [[Peter T. King]]
|office3       = Chair of the [[Steering and Policy Committees of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Policy Committee]]
|leader3       = [[Newt Gingrich]]<br />[[Dennis Hastert]]
|term_start3   = January 3, 1995
|term_end3     = January 3, 2005
|predecessor3  = [[Henry Hyde]]
|successor3    = [[John Shadegg]]
|office4       = Member of the<br />[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from California
|term_start4   = January 3, 1989
|term_end4     = August 2, 2005
|predecessor4  = [[Robert Badham]]
|successor4    = [[John B. T. Campbell III]]
|constituency4 = [[California's 40th congressional district|40th district]] (1989–1993)<br />[[California's 47th congressional district|47th district]] (1993–2003)<br />[[California's 48th congressional district|48th district]] (2003–2005)
|birth_name    = Charles Christopher Cox
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1952|10|16}}
|birth_place   = [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date    = 
|death_place   = 
|party         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse        = [[Rebecca Gernhardt Cox|Rebecca Gernhardt]]
|education     = [[University of Southern California]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], MBA)
}}

'''Charles Christopher Cox''' (born October 16, 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]], a 17-year [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], and member of the [[White House]] staff in the [[Reagan Administration]]. Prior to his Washington service he was a practicing attorney, teacher, and entrepreneur.<ref name="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000830 |title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=March 3, 2014}}</ref> Following his retirement from government in 2009, he returned to law practice and currently serves as a director, trustee, and advisor to several for-profit and nonprofit organizations.