Mike Johnson | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office October 25, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin McCarthy[a] |
| Leader of the House Republican Conference | |
| Assumed office October 25, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kevin McCarthy |
| Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference | |
| In office January 3, 2021 – October 25, 2023 | |
| Leader | Kevin McCarthy |
| Preceded by | Mark Walker |
| Succeeded by | Blake Moore |
| Chair of the Republican Study Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Walker |
| Succeeded by | Jim Banks |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | John Fleming |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 8th district | |
| In office February 22, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jeff R. Thompson |
| Succeeded by | Raymond Crews |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Michael Johnson January 30, 1972 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Kelly Lary (m. 1999) |
| Children | 5 |
| Education | Louisiana State University (BS, JD) |
| Signature |  |
| Website | House website Speaker website |
James Michael Johnson (born January 30, 1972) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives since October 25, 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he is in his fourth House term, having represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district since 2017.
Johnson is a graduate of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. Before entering politics, he worked as an attorney in private practice and for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal advocacy group. Johnson sat on the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention between 2004 and 2012.
Johnson's political career began when he was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2015; he served in that body until 2017. He was first elected to represent Louisiana's 4th congressional district in 2016. During his time in Congress, he contested the results of the 2020 presidential election on the House floor and in court. A social conservative, Johnson supported bills to ban abortion nationwide before saying that in the wake of the Dobbs decision, abortion policy was the purview of the states. Johnson chaired the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress, from 2019 to 2021. He was vice chair of the House Republican Conference from 2021 to 2023.
On October 25, 2023, after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker, Johnson was elected the 56th speaker of the House. In 2024, he helped pass a bill meant to provide Ukraine with $60 billion of U.S. military aid.
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