Joe Kirkpatrick
2010 GOP Candidate for Governor of Tennessee
http://joe4gov.com
Biographical Information • Vital Statistics • Resumé
Born May 23,1965 in Chicago, IL (Cook County)
Link to Birth Certificate: http://joe4gov.com/vaultcopy.pdf
Church:
1977-1996 • Member of First Presbyterian Church • Gallatin TN
Dr. Charles Moffatt, Pastor Emeritus
1996-present • Member of First Presbyterian Church • Nashville TN
Dr. Todd Jones, Senior Pastor
Adventurers' Class Member and Teaching Assistant
Education:
1983 • Gallatin High School • Gallatin TN
1987 • Vanderbilt University • Nashville TN • B.A. Political Science
Political/Community:
1992 At-Large (Statewide) Candidate for GOP Convention Delegation
Committed to Patrick J. Buchanan -- Received 82,000+ votes
1994 Middle TN Campaign Spokesman • Steve Wilson for US Senate
1997 Aide to Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee • Curtis Person, Chairman
1998 State Senate Reporter for Nashville Bureau • Joe White, Publisher/Editor
2000-2006 Historic Edgefield Homeowners Association
2002-2006 • Committeeman • District 19 • Tennessee Republican Party
(and Davidson County Republican Party)
2006 Candidate for Tennessee GOP Gubernatorial Nomination
Suspended activity due to oncoming birth of triplets. Zero in campaign expense.
Still Received 10.7% or 36,000+ votes
2006-present • NRA Foundation (Davidson County Chapter)
Professional:
1987-1996 • Thomas Nelson Publishers/Varsity Company • Field/Organizational Manager
Sold Bibles and educational books door-to-door
Recruited, trained, and managed countless others to do the same successfully
Made 30,000+ cold calls • Worked 80-90 hours/week during sales season
Top 20 Rookie • Top 20 Experienced • President's Club
1988-2000 • Various sales jobs in many fields including insurance, securities, printing,
radio advertising, home improvements
Attained SEC Series 7, Series 63, and Series 65 licenses
Attained TN Life and Health Insurance Sales Licenses
Began work in Print and Litigation support industries
Waited tables • Line cook • Crop Gardening
Caregiver for maternal grandfather (age 90+) and terminally ill mother
2000-present • Co-owner • d/b/a 31st Century Inc. • Gallatin, TN
Print, Media, Marketing, and Political Consulting
2006-present • Director of Sales/Marketing • Graves Metal Products
Jackson TN • Shelbyville TN • Gross Annual Sales from $8-10 million
2006-present • Homemaker • Caregiver to triplets
Spouse:
Jennifer Graves Kirkpatrick of Jackson TN (Madison County)
November 5, 1969 - present
Daughter of Samuel E. Graves and Joan Ross Graves of Medina, TN (Gibson County)
Northside High School • Jackson TN • 1988
University of Tennessee • Knoxville, TN • B.S. Business/Marketing • 1992
Belmont University • Nashville, TN • Master of Business Administration • 1998
Member of First Presbyterian Church • Nashville, TN
Committeewoman • District 19 • Tennessee Republican Party • 2002-2006
(and Davidson County Republican Party)
Product and Licensing Manager • The Oreck Corporation • Nashville TN/Cookeville TN
Children:
1. Marion Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Co-parent/joint decision-maker and nurtured with mother (former spouse)
Amanda Hudson Warman • Brentwood TN
preK-2nd Grade • Radnor Baptist Academy • Nashville TN
3rd grade-present • Christ Presbyterian Academy • Brentwood TN
Volunteer • Rocketown • Nashville TN
2. Alexander Ross Kirkpatrick
3. Jacob Andrew Kirkpatrick
4. Rebecca Pauline Kirkpatrick
Mother:
Doris Ann Porterfield (Kirkpatrick) of Murfreesboro, TN (Rutherford County)
July 23,1941 - March 9,2000
1959 • Central High School • Murfreesboro, TN
Attended Middle Tennessee State University • Murfreesboro, TN
Career in Office Management • Various Locations
Truck Driver for Southeast Motor Carriers • Chattanooga, TN
Fought colon cancer bravely for 6 years
Maternal Grandparents:
A.D. Porterfield of Short Mountain, TN (Cannon County)
July 26,1908-2002
Completed 3rd Grade
Farmer, Retiree of MTSU Plant Maintenance
Bertha Shelton (Porterfield) of Jasper, AL (Walker County)
June 20,1920-1982
Walker County High School • Jasper, AL • c.1938
B.A. Education, Middle Tennessee State University • c.1956
M.S. Library Science, Middle Tennessee State University • c.1958
Ordained Minister, Church of God of Prophecy
Father:
William Green Kirkpatrick, Sr. of Gallatin, TN (Sumner County)
January 5,1937 - present
1955 Gallatin High School • Gallatin TN
Attended University of Tennessee • Knoxville TN
Played Freshman football • Studied agriculture
1967• Middle Tennessee State University • Murfreesboro TN
B.S. Agriculture (Animal Husbandry)
First Presbyterian Church • Gallatin TN
Elder • Treasurer • Trustee
Chicago Livestock Producers • Chicago IL
Wisconsin Steel/International Harvester IL
Retired from Hoeganaes Corporation • Gallatin TN • Crane Operator
Beef cattle (130-150 head) and crop farmer in Sumner & Wilson Counties,
Livestock Trader, Real Estate Speculator
1st foreign national to own property in Yucatan State, Mexico
Rancho Santa Barbara (Cuncunul, Uayma Mexico)
Paternal Grandparents:
Joe H. Kirkpatrick of Cairo Bend, TN (Wilson County)
May 28,1903 - August 20,2000
Completed 10th Grade
Beef Cattle and Crop Farmer, Livestock Trader, Real Estate Speculator
Contracted by Army Corp of Engineers to survey land for Old Hickory Lake
Owned last ferry (Wood's Ferry) prior to construction of Hwy 109 bridge
Ellen Green (Kirkpatrick) of Shop Springs, TN (Wilson County)
December 16,1911 - 1998
Central High School • Nashville, TN • c.1929
Homemaker • Crop farmer • Flower Gardener • Accomplished Oil Painter