Joe Sam Queen

Who is Joe Sam Queen?

Joe Sam Queen represents the 119th district in the North Carolia House of Representatives. He previously represented the state's forty-seventh Senate district, including constituents in Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell and Yancey counties. He served from 2007 till 2011, after having served one previous term in the state Senate before being defeated in 2004 by former Yancey County commissioner Keith Presnell. Queen then defeated Presnell in 2006 and again in 2008. He was elected to the North Carolina House, defeating Mike Clampitt, and began his term in January 2013.

An architect and a sixth generation resident of Haywood County, North Carolina, Queen is also heavily involved in other civic and cultural activities, including producing the Summer Street Dances on Main Street in Waynesville and serving as director of the Smoky Mountain Folk Festival for more than 30 years. He has also served as a boy scout master, a Sunday school teacher, a youth soccer coach and on various board and committees.Queen attends many arts and educational events in his district, including plays and concerts. He is married to Dr. Kate Queen and has two children in college.