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The House Republican Conference is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. It hosts meetings and is the primary forum for communicating the party's message to members. The Conference produces a daily publication of political analysis under the title Legislative Digest.
House Republican Conference | |
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Chairperson | Elise Stefanik (NY) |
Part of | United States House of Representatives |
House Speaker | Mike Johnson (LA) |
Floor Leader | Steve Scalise (LA) |
Floor Whip | Tom Emmer (MN) |
Vice Chair | Blake Moore (UT) |
Ideology | Conservatism |
Political position | Center-right to right-wing |
Affiliation | Republican Party |
Colors | Red |
Seats | 220 / 435 |
Website | |
https://www.gop.gov | |
When the conference holds the majority of seats, it is usually led by the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who is assisted on the floor by the House Majority Leader and the party's Chief Whip. When in the minority, it is led by the House Minority Leader, assisted by the Chief Whip. The conference has a chair who directs day-to-day operations and who is assisted by an elected vice chair and a secretary.
In the 118th Congress, the conference is led by Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana, assisted by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (also of Louisiana), and Majority Whip Tom Emmer. The current chair is Elise Stefanik of New York, who assumed the position after a vote of the House Republican Conference on May 14, 2021.[1][2] Former chairs include Gerald Ford, John Boehner, Mike Pence, John B. Anderson, Dick Cheney, Jack Kemp, J. C. Watts, Deborah D. Pryce, Adam Putnam, Jeb Hensarling, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Liz Cheney, and Kevin McCarthy. As a result of the 2022 elections, the party holds a narrow majority in the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress, which was reduced from 222 to 221 after the expulsion of Republican George Santos on December 1, 2023. It was reduced additionally upon the resignation of Kevin McCarthy on December 31, 2023.
As of November 8, 2023, the conference leadership has been as follows:
Congress | Leader | District | Took office | Left office | House Speaker | ||
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36th | ![]() |
William Pennington (1796–1862) |
New Jersey 5 | February 1, 1860 | March 3, 1861 | Himself 1860–1861 | |
37th | ![]() |
Galusha A. Grow (1823–1907) |
Pennsylvania 14 | July 4, 1861 | March 4, 1863 | Himself 1861–1863 | |
38th | ![]() |
Schuyler Colfax (1823–1885) |
Indiana 9 | December 7, 1863 | March 3, 1869[lower-alpha 1] | Himself 1863–1869 | |
39th | |||||||
40th | |||||||
40th | ![]() |
Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824–1905) |
New York 24 | March 3, 1869 | March 4, 1869 | Himself 1869 | |
41st | ![]() |
James G. Blaine (1830–1893) |
Maine 3 | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1875 | Himself 1869–1875 | |
42nd | |||||||
43rd | |||||||
44th | ![]() |
George W. McCrary (1835–1890) |
Iowa 1 | March 4, 1875 | March 3, 1877 | Kerr 1875–1876 | |
Randall 1876–1881 | |||||||
45th | ![]() |
Eugene Hale (1836–1918) |
Maine 5 | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1879 | ||
46th | ![]() |
William P. Frye (1830–1911) |
Maine 2 | March 4, 1879 | March 3, 1881 | ||
47th | ![]() |
J. Warren Keifer (1836–1932) |
Ohio 8 | December 5, 1881 | March 4, 1883 | Himself 1881–1883 | |
48th | ![]() |
Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926) |
Illinois 15 | March 4, 1883 | March 3, 1889 | Carlisle 1883–1889 | |
49th | |||||||
50th | |||||||
51st | ![]() |
Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902) |
Maine 1 | December 4, 1889 | March 3, 1891 | Himself 1889–1891 | |
52nd | ![]() |
Thomas J. Henderson (1824–1911) |
Illinois 7 | March 4, 1891 | March 3, 1895 | Crisp 1891–1895 | |
53rd | |||||||
54th | ![]() |
Thomas Brackett Reed (1839–1902) |
Maine 1 | December 2, 1895 | March 4, 1899 | Himself 1895–1899 | |
55th | |||||||
56th | ![]() |
David B. Henderson (1840–1906) |
Iowa 3 | December 4, 1899 | March 4, 1903 | Himself 1899–1903 | |
57th | |||||||
58th | ![]() |
Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926) |
Illinois 18 | November 9, 1903 | March 4, 1911 | Himself 1903–1911 | |
59th | |||||||
60th | |||||||
61st | |||||||
62nd | ![]() |
James Robert Mann (1856–1922) |
Illinois 2 | March 4, 1911 | March 3, 1919 | Clark 1911–1919 | |
63rd | |||||||
64th | |||||||
65th | |||||||
66th | ![]() |
Frederick H. Gillett (1851–1935) |
Massachusetts 2 | May 19, 1919 | March 3, 1925 | Himself 1919–1925 | |
67th | |||||||
68th | |||||||
69th | Nicholas Longworth (1869–1931) |
Ohio 1 | December 7, 1925 | March 4, 1931 | Himself 1925–1931 | ||
70th | |||||||
71st | |||||||
72nd | ![]() |
Bertrand Snell (1870–1958) |
New York 31 | March 4, 1931 | January 3, 1939 | Garner 1931–1933 | |
73rd | Rainey 1933–1934 | ||||||
74th | Byrns 1935–1936 | ||||||
Bankhead 1936–1940 | |||||||
75th | |||||||
76th | ![]() |
Joseph W. Martin Jr. (1884–1968) |
Massachusetts 14 | January 3, 1939 | January 3, 1959 | ||
Rayburn 1940–1947 | |||||||
77th | |||||||
78th | |||||||
79th | |||||||
80th | Himself 1947–1949 | ||||||
81st | Rayburn 1949–1953 | ||||||
82nd | |||||||
83rd | Himself 1953–1955 | ||||||
84th | Rayburn 1955–1961 | ||||||
85th | |||||||
86th | ![]() |
Charles A. Halleck (1900–1986) |
Indiana 2 | January 3, 1959 | January 3, 1965 | ||
87th | |||||||
McCormack 1962–1971 | |||||||
88th | |||||||
89th | ![]() |
Gerald Ford (1913–2006) |
Michigan 5 | January 3, 1965 | December 6, 1973[lower-alpha 1] | ||
90th | |||||||
91st | |||||||
92nd | Albert 1971–1977 | ||||||
93rd | |||||||
93rd | ![]() |
John Jacob Rhodes (1916–2003) |
Arizona 1 | December 7, 1973 | January 3, 1981 | ||
94th | |||||||
95th | O'Neill 1977–1987 | ||||||
96th | |||||||
97th | ![]() |
Robert H. Michel (1923–2017) |
Illinois 18 | January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1995 | ||
98th | |||||||
99th | |||||||
100th | Wright 1987–1989 | ||||||
101st | |||||||
101st | Foley 1989–1995 | ||||||
102nd | |||||||
103rd | |||||||
104th | ![]() |
Newt Gingrich (born 1943) |
Georgia 6 | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 1999[lower-alpha 2] | Himself 1995–1999 | |
105th | |||||||
106th | ![]() |
Dennis Hastert (born 1942) |
Illinois 14 | January 6, 1999 | January 3, 2007 | Himself 1999–2007 | |
107th | |||||||
108th | |||||||
109th | |||||||
110th | ![]() |
John Boehner (born 1949) |
Ohio 8 | January 3, 2007 | October 29, 2015[lower-alpha 2] | Pelosi 2007–2011 | |
111th | |||||||
112th | Himself 2011–2015 | ||||||
113th | |||||||
114th | |||||||
114th | ![]() |
Paul Ryan (born 1970) |
Wisconsin 1 | October 29, 2015 | January 3, 2019 | Himself 2015–2019 | |
115th | |||||||
116th | ![]() |
Kevin McCarthy (born 1965) |
California 23 | January 3, 2019 | October 3, 2023[lower-alpha 3] | Pelosi 2019–2023 | |
117th | |||||||
118th | California 20 | Himself 2023 | |||||
October 3, 2023 | October 25, 2023 | McHenry[lower-alpha 4] 2023 | |||||
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Mike Johnson (born 1972) |
Louisiana 4 | October 25, 2023 | Incumbent | Himself 2023–present |
The conference chair is elected each Congress.[3]
The vice chair is next in rank after the House Republican Conference Chair. Like the chair, the vice chair is elected by a vote of all Republican House members before each Congress. Among other duties, the vice chair has a seat on both the Steering and Policy Committees.[4]
Congress | Name | State | Term start | Term end |
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Position established | ||||
90th | Dick Poff | Virginia | January 3, 1967 | August 29, 1972 |
91st | ||||
92nd | ||||
Jack Edwards[5][6] | Alabama | August 29, 1972 | January 3, 1979 | |
93rd | ||||
94th | ||||
95th | ||||
96th | Clair Burgener | California | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1985 |
97th | ||||
98th | ||||
99th | Robert J. Lagomarsino | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 1989 | |
100th | ||||
101st | Vin Weber | Minnesota | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 1993 |
102nd | ||||
103rd | Tom DeLay | Texas | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1995 |
104th | Barbara Vucanovich | Nevada | January 3, 1995 | January 3, 1997 |
105th | Jennifer Dunn | Washington | January 3, 1997 | July 17, 1997 |
Tillie Fowler | Florida | July 17, 1997 | January 3, 1999 | |
106th | Deborah Pryce | Ohio | January 3, 1999 | January 3, 2001 |
107th | Barbara Cubin | Wyoming | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2003 |
108th | John Doolittle | California | January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2007 |
109th | ||||
110th | John Carter | Texas | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2013 |
111th | ||||
112th | ||||
113th | Virginia Foxx | North Carolina | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2017 |
114th | ||||
115th | Jason Smith | Missouri | January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2021 |
116th | ||||
117th | Richard Hudson | North Carolina | January 3, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
118th | Lisa McClain | Michigan | January 3, 2023 | present |
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