be the "heir" to the Trumpism wing of the Republican Party. Personal life Cotton married attorney Anna Peckham in 2014. They have two children. Cotton has said that Walter Russell Mead, Robert D. Kaplan, Henry Kissinger, Daniel Silva, C. J. Box, and Jason Matthews are among his favorite authors. In 2019, Cotton published a book about the role of the Old Guard at Arlington National Cemetery, partly based on his service in that unit as an officer. Electoral history Military awards Cotton's military awards and decorations include: See also List of members of the American Legion References External links Official General information |- |- |- |- |- 1977 births Living people 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American male writers Activists from Arkansas American anti-communists American male non-fiction writers American military writers American political writers Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States Arkansas lawyers Federalist Society members The Harvard Crimson people Harvard Law School alumni McKinsey & Company people Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas Military personnel from Arkansas People associated with Gibson Dunn People from Dardanelle, Arkansas Republican Party United States senators from Arkansas Tea Party movement activists United States Army officers United States Army personnel of the Iraq War United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Writers from Arkansas