What key details about john cornyn can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john cornyn iii -lrb- born february 2 , 1952 -rrb- is the senior united states senator from texas , serving since 2002 . he is a member of the republican party and the current senate majority whip for the 114th congress . cornyn previously served as chairman of the national republican senatorial committee from 2007 to 2011 . born in houston , cornyn is a graduate from trinity university and st. mary 's university school of law , receiving his ll.m . from the university of virginia school of law . cornyn was a judge on texas ' 37th district court from 1985 to 1991 , until he was elected an associate justice of the texas supreme court , where he served 1991 to 1997 . in 1998 , cornyn was elected attorney general of texas , serving one term until winning a seat in the u.s. senate in 2002 . he was re-elected to a second term in 2008 and successfully ran for a third term in 2014 .
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- jr/sr is united states senator- birth name is john cornyn iii- party is republican- alongside is ted cruz- predecessor is dick durbin phil gramm jon kyl dan morales- succeeded is deborah hankinson- birth date is 2 february 1952- leader is mitch mcconnell mitch mcconnell- spouse is sandy cornyn- office is senate of texas associate justice of the texas supreme court majority whip senate minority whip 49th attorney general- term end is january 18 , 1997 3 , 2015 december 1 , 2002 october- name is john cornyn- website is senate website- birth place is houston , texas , u.s.- successor is dick durbin greg abbott- state is texas- alma mater is trinity -lrb- j.d. -rrb- university of virginia -lrb- ll.m . -rrb- university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- st. mary 's university- preceded is franklin spears- children is 2- term start is january 3 , 2013 january 13 , 1999 january 2 , 3 1991 , 2015 december 1 , 2002 january- image is john cornyn official portrait , 2009.jpg- religion is church of christ- governor is george bush w. bush rick perry ann richards george w.