Birth Name: Thomas Bryant Cotton
Place of Birth: Dardanelle, Arkansas
Date of Birth: May 13, 1977
Ethnicity: English, some Scottish, distant German
Tom Cotton is an American politician. He began serving as a United States Senator from Arkansas in 2015. He previously served as a United States Representative from Arkansas (from 2013 to 2015).
Tom’s paternal grandparents are Thomas James Cotton (the son of Thomas James Cotton and Myrtle Love) and Selma L. Cowger (the daughter of Charles Henry Cowger and Cora Nevada Smith).
Tom’s maternal grandparents are Posie Herbert Bryant (the son of Samuel H. Bryant and Sarah Ellen Farrow) and Tressie Faye Hoggard (the daughter of James Daniel “Dan” Hogard and Hixie Carruth Germany).
Sources: Genealogy of Tom Cotton (focusing on his father’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Tom’s maternal grandmother, Tressie Faye Hoggard, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org