veterans status discrimination and retaliation suit against Congress and that the case settled on terms that were satisfactory to my client.” The Washington Post reported that Gowdy was responsible for use of taxpayer funds to pay the claim against the government. Personal life Gowdy is married to Terri (born Terri Dillard) Gowdy, a former Miss Spartanburg and 2nd runner up for Miss South Carolina. The couple have two children, Watson and Abigail. As of January 2019, Terri Dillard Gowdy was a first-grade teacher in the Spartanburg School District. Electoral history References External links Profile at Spartanburg County Government site |- |- |- 1964 births 21st-century American politicians Assistant United States Attorneys Baylor University alumni Living people Fox News people Politicians from Greenville, South Carolina Politicians from Spartanburg, South Carolina Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina South Carolina lawyers South Carolina state solicitors Southern Baptists Tea Party movement activists University of South Carolina School of Law alumni