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U.S.
                           House Republican
                           Leadership
                           
                           (1999-2017)
                           
                           

                           
                           
 
                           
                           
 
                           
                           From
                           1995 to 2007, and again beginning with the
                           112th Congress in 2011, the Republican
                           party enjoyed the (for them) historically
                           rare status of holding the majority of
                           seats in the U.S. House of
                           Representatives. Below you will find
                           information on current and past Republican
                           leadership in the House of
                           Representatives.
                           
                           
 
                              
                               
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Speaker
                              of the House-- Ryan Paul
                              (R-Wisconsin 1st District)-Became
                              Speaker in October, 2015, upon the
                              resignation of John Bohner. He has
                              represented Wisconsin in the House
                              since 1999.
                              
                              
House
                              Majority Leader - Kevin
                              McCarthy (R-California 23rd
                              District)-Has been Majority Leader
                              since 2014. Has represented California
                              in the House since 2007.
                              
                              
House
                              Majority Whip- Steve Scalise
                              (R-Louisiana 1st District)-Has been
                              Majority Whip since 2014 and has been
                              in the House since 2008.
                              
                               
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
former
                              House Republican leaders, Boehner and
                              Cantor
                              
                              
Former
                              Speaker of the House-- John Boehner
                              (R-Ohio-8th District)--Majority
                              Leader from 2002 to September 28, 2005.
                              Became Speaker in January, 2011 and
                              held that post until October of
                              2015.
                              
                              
--Elected
                                 as the Majority Leader in
                                 2006
                                 
                                 
--He
                                 was first elected to Congress in
                                 1998
                                 
                                 
--Bohner's
                                 Speaker of the House website:
                                 http://speaker.gov/
                                 
                                 
--Bohner's
                                 Official House
                                 website
                              
                              
House
                              Majority Leader
                              --Eric
                              Cantor
                              (R-Virginia 7th District) --Elected
                              as the Republican Whip in December,
                              2008. Cantor served as Deputy Whip from
                              2002 to 2008. First elected to the
                              House in 2000.
                              
                              
--Eric
                              Cantor's Official House
                              website
                              
                              
Majority
                              Whip --Kevin McCarthy
                              (R-California 22nd District)
                              -
                              
                              
--Kevin
                              McCarthy's Official House
                              Website--
                              
                              
Web
                              site for the House Republican
                              Conference
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
House Republican
                              Leadership Prior to the 112th Congress
                              where Republicans gained the majority
                              following the 2010 midterm
                              elections. 
                              
                              
Minority
                              Leader-- John
                              Boehner
                              (R-Ohio-8th District)--Majority
                              Leader from 2002 to September 28, 2005.
                              Currently serves as House Minority
                              Leader
                              
                              
--Elected
                                 as the Majority Leader in
                                 2006
                                 
                                 
--He
                                 was first elected to Congress in
                                 1998
                                 
                                 
--Bohner's
                                 leadership website: Majorityleader.gov
                                 
                                 
--Bohner's
                                 Official House
                                 website
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
House
                              Minority Whip--Eric
                              Cantor
                              (R-Virginia 7th District) --Elected
                              as the Republican Whip in December,
                              2008. Cantor served as Deputy Whip from
                              2002 to 2008. First elected to the
                              House in 2000.
                              
                              
--Official
                                 House website
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Deputy
                              Minority Whip--Kevin McCarthy
                              (R-California 22nd
                              District)----Deputy Whip beginning
                              in 2009
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Previous
                              Republican Leaders:
                              
                              
Former
                              Speaker
                              of the House--Dennis "Denny" Hastert
                              (R-Illinois)--Speaker from January
                              6, 1999 to January 3, 2007. First
                              elected to the House in 1986. Hastert
                              resigned his seat in 2007. Hastert has
                              the distinction of serving as Speaker
                              longer than any prior
                              Republican.
                              
                              
Roy
                              Blunt (R-Missouri)--Republican Whip
                              from 2002 to 2008. Blunt was first
                              elected to Congress in 1996, and took
                              office in January of 1997.
                              Official
                              House website
                              biography.
                              **Blunt became the interim, or
                              temporary Majority Leader following
                              Tom
                              DeLay's
                              indictment on conspiracy charges on
                              Septmember 28, 2005.
                           
                           
 House
                           Leadership WWW
                           Services--The
                           House of Representatives website's
                           leadership page.  
                           
                           
**The
                              term "whip" comes from an old English
                              expression used in the fox hunt where
                              the "whipper in" was charged with
                              keeping the dogs together in pursuit of
                              the prize  
                              
                              
 
                              
                              
Links
                              and Resources on House Republican
                              Leadership:
                           
                           
 
                           
                           
Hillsource:
                              Home page for the House Republican
                              Conference
                              
                              
House
                              Republican Leadership
                              website
                              
                              
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