Thomas Bryant Cotton

Current Position and Previous Key Roles:

Marriage: Married; his wife is Anna Peckham (a lawyer). They got married in 2014 (during his Senate campaign).
Children: He has two sons: Gabriel (born in April 2015) and Daniel (born in December 2016).
Religious Affiliation: Protestant Christian; member of the United Methodist Church. His family participates in activities of this church, and he is one of the few senators belonging to this religious denomination.
Current Job: U.S. Senator from Arkansas (Junior U.S. Senator from Arkansas); serving since January 2015. He also serves as the Senate Republican Conference Chair (effective January 2025), the third-highest leadership position among Republicans in the Senate, and Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Notable Previous Positions: U.S. Representative for Arkansas’s 4th District in the U.S. House of Representatives (2013–2015). U.S. Army Infantry Officer (2004–2009), served in Iraq and Afghanistan (with the 101st Airborne Division), awarded the Bronze Star and Combat Infantry Badge. Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company (post-military service, 2009–2012). Judicial Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2002–2003), and briefly a private attorney.

Has he traveled to Israel :

Yes, he made at least one official notable trip to Israel. In 2015 after joining the Senate, he took a week-long trip with his wife funded by the American Israel Education Foundation (AIEF, charitable branch of AIPAC). Cost approximately $36,000, third-most expensive congressional trip in past 15 years. He met senior Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and focused on Iranian nuclear threat. As prominent senator on Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, additional CODEL trips may exist but no further public details found in recent sources. He is a staunch supporter of Israel with strong anti-Iran and anti-Hamas positions.