Editing George Nethercutt (section)

==Early life==
George Rector Nethercutt Jr. was born in [[Spokane, Washington]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Former Spokane Congressman George Nethercutt, who gained national fame by defeating House speaker, dies at 79 |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/jun/14/former-spokane-congressman-george-nethercutt-who-g/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Spokesman.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=2024-06-17 |title=George R. Nethercutt Jr., Who Ousted a House Speaker, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/obituaries/george-r-nethercutt-jr-dead.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> in 1944, the son of Nancy (Sampson) and George Nethercutt, a school board president.<ref>{{cite web |title=George Rector Nethercutt, Jr Profile {{!}} Spokane, WA Lawyer {{!}} Martindale.com |url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/george-rector-nethercutt-jr-1777042/ |website=www.martindale.com |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715222818/https://www.martindale.com/attorney/george-rector-nethercutt-jr-1777042/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Roberts>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/obituaries/george-r-nethercutt-jr-dead.html|title=George R. Nethercutt Jr., Who Ousted a House Speaker, Dies at 79|last=Roberts|first=Sam|authorlink=Sam Roberts (journalist)|date=June 17, 2024|accessdate=June 17, 2024|url-access=limited|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> A graduate of [[North Central High School (Spokane, Washington)|North Central High School]], he earned a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in English from [[Washington State University]] in 1967 and a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from [[Gonzaga University School of Law|Gonzaga University]] in 1971.<ref name=george>[http://www.iop.harvard.edu/spring-2012-fellows Spring 2012 Fellows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040908/http://www.iop.harvard.edu/spring-2012-fellows |date=September 24, 2015}}. ''[[Harvard University]] Institute of Politics''. Retrieved September 22, 2015.</ref> He worked as a clerk for Alaskan federal Judge [[Raymond Eugene Plummer|Raymond Plummer]]. Nethercutt then served as staff counsel and later chief of staff to Senator [[Ted Stevens]] (R-AK) from 1972 to 1977 before returning to private practice in Washington State.<ref name=george/>

Nethercutt served as a [[City attorney|town attorney]] for the communities of [[Reardan, Washington|Reardan]], [[Creston, Washington|Creston]] and [[Almira, Washington|Almira]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437121740928&view=1up&seq=306&q1=Nethercutt |title=2003-2004 Official Congressional Directory: 108th Congress |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=July 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716024830/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437121740928&view=1up&seq=306&q1=Nethercutt |url-status=live}}</ref> He was a chair of the [[Spokane County, Washington|Spokane County Republican Party]].<ref name="bio" /> He was the co-founder of the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery.<ref name="bio" />