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Lynn Westmoreland

Politician

Lynn Westmoreland is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Lynn A. Westmoreland · Lynn Westmoreland · Лінн Вестмореленд · לין וסטמורלנד · لين وستمورلند · 3 more...				[sources]
Alias	Lynn Westmoreland · Westmoreland, Lynn · Лінн Вестмореленд · لين وستمورلند · لین وستمورلند · 2 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Westmoreland				[sources]
Birth date	1950-04-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Atlanta				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Lynn				[sources]
Last name	Westmoreland				[sources]
Middle name	A.				[sources]
Political association	Republican Party				[sources]
Title	Mr.				[sources]
Website	westmoreland.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q505730				[sources]
Position	House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · House of Representatives (member, 2013-2015) · 10 more...				[sources]
Education	Georgia State University (1969-1971) · Therrell High School · Therrell High School (-1968)				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-20	Last processed	2025-12-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician from the state of Georgia

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2009-01-06	2011-01-03
United States representative

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators57,731

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

US Members of the Congress1,318

Current and recent members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States · Congress

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories384,631

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata355,392

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,126

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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