Mike Johnson

Described as

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Other names

James Michael Johnson, Michael Johnson, Speaker Johnson, Speaker Mike Johnson, Speaker Michael Johnson

Born

January 30, 1972 · 1 reference

Born in

Shreveport · 1 reference

Citizen of

United States

Occupation

radio personality; lawyer; journalist; politician · 3 references; podcaster

Positions held

member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (2015–2017); United States representative (2017–2023) · 2 references; Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2023–)

Political party

Republican Party · 1 reference

Education

Captain Shreve High School (–1990) · 2 references; Paul M. Hebert Law Center (–1998) · 1 reference; Louisiana State University (–1995) · 1 reference

Spouse

Kelly Johnson (1999–)

Religion

Southern Baptist Convention

Lived in

Benton

Website

https://mikejohnson.house.gov/

Wikipedias with a page

55

Wikidata item Q19880665 (wikidata.org/wiki/Q19880665), public domain (CC0). Copied November 13, 2026.

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. His district is based in Shreveport and includes much of the state's northwestern portion.
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. 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 of the House, Johnson was elected to replace him, the first Louisianan to hold the post. He was narrowly reelected to a full term as speaker in 2025. After the 2026 midterm elections, in which Republicans lost their House majority, Johnson announced that he would not run for House Republican leader in the next session of Congress, and will be replaced by Jim Jordan.

Born, in its opening lines

January 30, 1972

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