Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician)

Mike Johnson
Official portrait, 2022
56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office October 25, 2023
Preceded by	Kevin McCarthy[a]
Leader of the House Republican Conference
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
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 (1972-01-30) January 30, 1972 (age 52) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Kelly Lary ​ (m. 1999)​
Children	4
Education	Louisiana State University (BS, JD)
Profession	Lawyer and politician
Signature
Website	House website Speaker website
Johnson's voice Johnson on his amendment to the Endangered Species Act Recorded May 18, 2018

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 Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF); at ADF, he advocated for sodomy laws and criminalizing homosexuality, writing an amicus brief that opposed the eventual U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas (2003). A young-earth creationist, 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. He has been identified as a member of the Christian right. During his time in Congress, he contested the results of the 2020 presidential election on the House floor and in court. He supported bills that would institute a nationwide ban on abortion. Johnson was chair of 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, following the ousting of Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, Johnson was elected as the 56th speaker of the House. In 2024, he helped pass a bill meant to provide Ukraine with $60 billion of U.S. aid.
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