Eric Ivan Cantor is an American lawyer and former politician who represented Virginia's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2014. A Republican, Cantor served as House Minority Whip from 2009 to 2011, and as House Majority Leader from 2011 to 2014.
Official portrait, 2012
Cantor and other House and Senate leaders meeting with President Barack Obama in November 2010.
Virginia's 7th congressional district
Virginia's seventh congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The district is currently represented by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, first elected in 2018.
Image: John Page Rosewell Gloucester County Virginia
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