Representative Kelly Keisling

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Republican
Byrdstown

District 38
Macon, Clay, Pickett, Scott, and part of Fentress Counties

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Contact Information

Nashville Address

425 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Suite 566 Cordell Hull Bldg.
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-6852
Fax: (615) 253-0234

District Address

P.O. Box 577
Byrdstown, TN 38549

Staff Contacts

Todd Benne

Mailing List

Personal Info
Committees
Community Involvement
Honors & Awards

- Born March 16, 1951, Albany KY
- Married, wife Janet
- Two Daughters, Jamie Edwards, Karissa Jones
- One Son, John
- Seven Grandchildren
- Two Great Grandchildren
- Southern Baptist
- President, Keisling Insurance
- Graduate, Pickett County High School
- Attended Belmont University
- Chair, State Government Committee
- Vice Chair, Joint Fiscal Review Committee
- Member, Calendar and Rules Committee
- Member, Corrections Subcommittee
- Member, Departments and Agencies Subcommittee
- Member, Public Service Subcommittee
- Member, Transportation Committee
- Member, Calendar and Rules Committee of the Second Extraordinary Session
- Member, Public Health Committee of the Third Extraordinary Session
- House member of the 107th through 112th General Assemblies
- 1994-1998, Pickett County Executive
- Member, Pickett County Republican Party
- Member, Clay County Republican Party
- Member, Scott County Republican Party
- Member, Macon, Clay, Pickett, Fentress, and Scott Counties Chamber of Commerce
- Board of Directors, Children's Center of the Cumberlands
- Member, National Rifle Association
- Member, CMT/ABATE
- Member, Tennessee State Employee Association
- Member, Macon County Republican Party
- Member, Professional Insurance Agents of Tennessee
- Member, Insurors of Tennessee
- Member, National Federation of Independant Business
- 2020 Tennessee Mining Association’s “Legislator of the Year”
- 2019 Macon County Chamber of Commerce “Person of the Year”
- 2019 County Officials Association of Tennessee “Legislator of the Year”
- 2019 Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council’s “Legislator of the Year”
- 2018 Tennessee Federation For the Aging “Legislator of the Year”
- 2018 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
- 2016 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
- 2015 Upper Cumberland EMS Directors Association Legislator of the Year
- 2015 East Tennessee Development District Legislator of the Year
- 2014 Rural Health Association of Tennessee Legislator of the Year
- 2013 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
- 2012 Upper Cumberland Development District Legislator of the Year
- 2012 East Tennessee Development District Legislator of the Year

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