district residence serviceyears successor birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse image article_title state name alma_mater
19th 20th kinderhook , new york , u.s. 1986 -- 2010 paul d. tonko rockville centre , new york , u.s. republican january 3 , 2013 nan hayworth scott murphy 13 may 1964 january 3 , 2013 january 3 , 2011 mary jo gibson chris gibson 2.jpg chris gibson -lrb- new york politician -rrb-
 new york new york chris gibson siena college
chris gibson -lrb- new york politician -rrb-

christopher patrick `` chris '' gibson -lrb- born may 13 , 1964 -rrb- is an american politician , former officer in the united states army and member of the republican party who has served as the u.s. representative for since 2011 .
a lifelong resident of kinderhook , new york , gibson joined the united states army in 1986 after graduating from siena college .
he served tours in the first gulf war , kosovo , and iraq , rising to the rank of colonel .
he later taught american politics at west point and was a national security affairs fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university .
he has received four bronze stars and a purple heart , among other awards while in the military .
he also holds a ph.d in government from cornell university .
in 2008 , he published his first book , `` securing the state '' , which offered his overview on national security decision-making .
he retired from the army in 2010 to run for congress , defeating democratic incumbent scott murphy with 55 % of the vote .
he was re-elected in 2012 and 2014 .
in january 2015 , gibson , a supporter of term limits , announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016 .
he is seen as a possible candidate for governor in 2018 .
