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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 2023. A member of the Republican Party , he is in his fifth House term, having represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district since 2017.
The incumbent speaker, Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana, was re-elected on the first ballot, defeating Hakeem Jeffries with a slim 218–215 majority. Johnson, who had replaced Kevin McCarthy in October 2023 after McCarthy was removed from the position , was initially expected to lose on the first ballot, as several Republican congressmen ...
House Republicans applaud Mike Johnson, R-La., after he was reelected as Speaker of the House during the first session of the 119th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Jan. 3, 2025.
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, gavels in the first session of the 119th Congress, in the House Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 3, 2025.
After spending Thursday trying to sway Republican holdouts to back his bid to retain the speaker's gavel, Mike Johnson's future could still come down to a single GOP vote Friday when House holds ...
In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana ...
The speaker's chair was vacated and Patrick McHenry of North Carolina—a McCarthy ally—was made speaker pro tempore and the House went without a proper speaker until the October 25 election of Mike Johnson of Louisiana. McCarthy subsequently announced his resignation from Congress effective at the end of 2023.
The soft-spoken Johnson, 52, had never served in the higher levels of House leadership before. US House Speaker Mike Johnson's future hangs in balance as he scrambles for funding deal Skip to main ...