John Culberson is the third Congressman to represent the Seventh District of Texas. The Texas Legislature created District Seven in 1965, and George H. W. Bush was elected as the first Congressman in 1966. Bill Archer succeeded him in 1970, and John Culberson was elected in 2000.

John Culberson is a native Houstonian and a lifelong resident of District Seven. He and his wife, Belinda, were married in 1989, and they have an eleven year old daughter. The Culbersons are members of Memorial Drive United Methodist Church. Congressman Culberson grew up in West University Place, where he attended West University Elementary School. He graduated from Lamar High School, and went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1981. After college, he worked with his father, Jim Culberson, at his political consulting and advertising agency helping dozens of local and state Republican candidates win their races. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from South Texas College of Law in Houston. He practiced law as a civil defense attorney with Lorance and Thompson until he was sworn in to serve in Congress.

In 1986, while still a law student, John Culberson was elected to the Texas House of Representatives. Over his fourteen years in the House his principal committee assignments were the Public Education Committee and the Corrections Committee. Beginning with his first term in 1987, he was a member of the Republican Whip team in the Texas House, and in his last term in 1999, his colleagues selected him to be the Minority Whip.

While serving in Austin, his most significant achievement was his successful eleven year effort to take back control of Texas’ prison system from federal District Judge William Wayne Justice. That experience taught him how to truly restore the 10th Amendment and let Texans run Texas. He did the legal research to design and pass state law, HB 124 in 1991 to lay the proper legal foundation. Culberson then helped draft key pieces of a federal law, the Prison Litigation Reform Act in 1997, to ensure that the effort would succeed. Acting in his official capacity as state representative, Culberson then used these two laws to sue Judge Justice in Justice’s own courtroom.

Recently, John has been a pioneer in utilizing social media to reach not only his constituents, but also the world. Catch up with him on Twitter, Qik, or Facebook!