In March 2007, 17-year-old high school senior Chelsea Doss (now Chelsea Brooke Rose), traveled four hours from Eagleville to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to participate in the state’s 79th annual Future Farmers of America convention. Over the course of three days, her Eagleville High School chapter competed in the state competition, and nine of its members, including Chelsea, won the State Superior award, a top showing. That wasn’t all. Chelsea also won the State Job Interview contest, and was even named the 2007–2008 Tennessee FFA Association state president.
Among the convention attendees was her future husband, the then vice chairman of the board of the Tennessee FFA and current Tennessee congressman John Rose.
Not even four years later, according to an engagement announcement in the now-defunct local paper the Eagleville Times, the two were married.
pescado01 on February 7th, 2023 at 20:27 UTC »
I wonder who her parents are, and what political connections were made with the marriage.
klc__ on February 7th, 2023 at 20:59 UTC »
How can a high schooler look at this grandpa and think “yep, I want to marry him”
LaughableIKR on February 7th, 2023 at 22:08 UTC »
Just to make sure everyone has the time line:
https://prospect.org/politics/how-republican-rep-john-rose-found-his-wife/