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Eric Ivan Cantor is an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 7th congressional district from 2001 until his resignation in 2014. A member of the Republica
Official portrait, 2012
Cantor and other House and Senate leaders meeting with President Barack Obama in November 2010.
Cantor with then-Governor Jim Gilmore, 2002
Benjamin Lewis Jones was an American actor, writer, politician, and businessman best known for his role as Cooter Davenport in The Dukes of Hazzard. Jones also served for four years in the United Stat
Eric Cantor
…other being Ben Gilman(R-NY). Gilman retired in 2002, leaving Cantor the sole Jewish Republican House member. In 2002, Cantor was opposed by Democrat Ben Jones, an actor (who had played "Cooter Davenport" on The Dukes of Hazzard) and a former congressman from Georgia. In 2004, Cantor was opposed by Independent…
Jones in 1989
Jones and the General Lee, taken outside his store "Cooter's Place" in Sperryville, Virginia, in 1999