92nd General Assembly
Rep.
Ed Emery, a Republican, represents Barton and Dade counties and portions of
Jasper and Polk counties (District 126) in the Missouri House of
Representatives. He was elected to the House in November 2002.
In addition to his legislative duties, Rep.
Emery provides character education and Character First!© training materials to
businesses and institutions through his small business called Character Returns!
He also has a small cattle operation at his home in Southwest Missouri. He
previously worked as a petroleum
engineer in Louisiana, Texas and New York and has done some engineering
consulting since moving back to Missouri.
Rep. Emery attends Liberty
Baptist Church in Lamar, Mo., and is a member of the Barton County Farm Bureau
and Barton County Excel II.
A 1968 graduate of Nevada
High School, Rep. Emery received a bachelor of science degree in petroleum
engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1972.
Born May 25, 1950, in
Nevada, Mo., Rep. Emery resides in Lamar with his wife, Rebecca. They have four children: Elizabeth, Samuel, Daniel and Paul.