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]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources House Republican Conference news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 ConferencePart ofUnited States House of RepresentativesHouse SpeakerKevin McCarthy CA Floor LeaderSteve Scalise LA Floor WhipTom Emmer MN ChairElise Stefanik NY IdeologyConservatism United States AffiliationRepublican PartyColors RedSeats222 435Websitehttps www gop govPolitics of United StatesPolitical partiesElectionsThe conference has a chair who directs day to day operations and who is assisted by an elected vice chair and a secretary 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 and Liz Cheney As a result of the 2022 elections the party holds a narrow majority in the House of Representatives in the 118th Congress Contents 1 Current hierarchy 2 Leaders of the House Republican Conference 2 1 Notes 3 Conference chairs 4 Vice chairs 5 Secretaries 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksCurrent hierarchy EditEffective with the start of the 118th Congress the conference leadership is as follows Kevin McCarthy CA as Speaker of the House Conference Leader Steve Scalise LA as House Majority Leader Tom Emmer MN as House Majority Whip Elise Stefanik NY as Chair of the House Republican Conference Mike Johnson LA as Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference Lisa McClain MI as Secretary of the House Republican Conference Gary Palmer AL as Chair of the House Republican Policy Committee Richard Hudson NC as Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Guy Reschenthaler PA as House Republican Chief Deputy WhipLeaders of the House Republican Conference EditCongress Leader District Took office Left office House Speaker36th William Pennington 1796 1862 New Jersey 5 February 1 1860 March 3 1861 Himself 1860 186137th Galusha A Grow 1823 1907 Pennsylvania 14 July 4 1861 March 4 1863 Himself 1861 186338th Schuyler Colfax 1823 1885 Indiana 9 December 7 1863 March 3 1869 a Himself 1863 186939th40th Theodore M Pomeroy 1824 1905 New York 24 March 3 1869 March 4 1869 Himself 186941st James G Blaine 1830 1893 Maine 3 March 4 1869 March 4 1875 Himself 1869 187542nd43rd44th George W McCrary 1835 1890 Iowa 1 March 4 1875 March 3 1877 Kerr 1875 1876 Randall 1876 188145th Eugene Hale 1836 1918 Maine 5 March 4 1877 March 4 187946th William P Frye 1830 1911 Maine 2 March 4 1879 March 3 188147th J Warren Keifer 1836 1932 Ohio 8 December 5 1881 March 4 1883 Himself 1881 188348th Joseph Gurney Cannon 1836 1926 Illinois 15 March 4 1883 March 3 1889 Carlisle 1883 188949th50th51st Thomas Brackett Reed 1839 1902 Maine 1 December 4 1889 March 3 1891 Himself 1889 189152nd Thomas J Henderson 1824 1911 Illinois 7 March 4 1891 March 3 1895 Crisp 1891 189553rd54th Thomas Brackett Reed 1839 1902 Maine 1 December 2 1895 March 4 1899 Himself 1895 189955th56th David B Henderson 1840 1906 Iowa 3 December 4 1899 March 4 1903 Himself 1899 190357th58th Joseph Gurney Cannon 1836 1926 Illinois 18 November 9 1903 March 4 1911 Himself 1903 191159th60th61st62nd James Robert Mann Illinois 2 March 4 1911 March 3 1919 Clark 1911 191963rd64th65th66th Frederick H Gillett 1851 1935 Massachusetts 2 May 19 1919 March 3 1925 Himself 1919 192567th68th69th Nicholas Longworth 1869 1931 Ohio 1 December 7 1925 March 4 1931 Himself 1925 193170th71st72nd Bertrand Snell 1870 1958 New York 31 March 4 1931 January 3 1939 Garner 1931 193373rd Rainey 1933 193474th Byrns 1935 1936 Bankhead 1936 194075th76th Joseph W Martin Jr 1884 1968 Massachusetts 14 January 3 1939 January 3 1959 Rayburn 1940 194777th78th79th80th Himself 1947 194981st Rayburn 1949 195382nd83rd Himself 1953 195584th Rayburn 1955 196185th86th Charles A Halleck 1900 1986 Indiana 2 January 3 1959 January 3 196587th McCormack 1962 197188th89th Gerald Ford 1913 2006 Michigan 5 January 3 1965 December 6 1973 a 90th91st92nd Albert 1971 197793rd John Jacob Rhodes 1916 2003 Arizona 1 December 7 1973 January 3 198194th95th O Neill 1977 198796th97th Robert H Michel 1923 2017 Illinois 18 January 3 1981 January 3 199598th99th100th Wright 1987 1989101st Foley 1989 1995102nd103rd104th Newt Gingrich born 1943 Georgia 6 January 3 1995 January 3 1999 b Himself 1995 1999105th106th Dennis Hastert born 1942 Illinois 14 January 6 1999 January 3 2007 Himself 1999 2007107th108th109th110th John Boehner born 1949 Ohio 8 January 3 2007 October 29 2015 b Pelosi 2007 2011111th112th Himself 2011 2015113th114th Paul Ryan born 1970 Wisconsin 1 October 29 2015 January 3 2019 Himself 2015 2019115th116th Kevin McCarthy born 1965 California 23 January 3 2019 Incumbent Pelosi 2019 2023117th118th California 20 Himself 2023 presentNotes Edit a b Resigned to become Vice President of the United States a b Resigned from office and from Congress Conference chairs EditThe conference chair is elected each Congress 3 Chairman State Congress DatesJustin S Morrill VT 38th 39th 1863 1867N A 40th 1867 1869Robert C Schenck OH 41st 1869 1871Nathaniel P Banks MAAustin Blair MI 42nd 1871 1873Horace Maynard TN 43rd 1873 1875George W McCrary IA 44th 1875 1877Eugene Hale ME 45th 1877 1879William P Frye ME 46th 1879 1881George M Robeson NJ 47th 1881 1883Joseph G Cannon IL 48th 50th 1883 1889Thomas J Henderson IL 51st 53rd 1889 1895Charles H Grosvenor OH 54th 55th 1895 1899Joseph G Cannon IL 56th 57th 1899 1903William P Hepburn IA 58th 60th 1903 1909Frank D Currier NH 61st 62nd 1909 1913William S Greene MA 63rd 65th 1913 1919Horace M Towner IA 66th 67th 1919 1923Sydney Anderson MN 68th 1923 1925Willis C Hawley OR 69th 72nd 1925 1933Robert Luce MA 73rd 1933 1935Frederick R Lehlbach NJ 74th 1935 1937Roy Woodruff MI 75th 81st 1937 1951Clifford Hope KS 82nd 84th 1951 1957Charles B Hoeven IA 85th 87th 1957 1963Gerald Ford MI 88th 1963 1965Melvin Laird WI 89th 90th 1965 1969John B Anderson IL 91st 95th 1969 1979Samuel L Devine OH 96th 1979 1981Jack Kemp NY 97th 99th 1981 1987Dick Cheney WY 100th 1987 1989Jerry Lewis CA 101st 102nd 1989 1993Dick Armey TX 103rd 1993 1995John Boehner OH 104th 105th 1995 1999J C Watts OK 106th 107th 1999 2003Deborah Pryce OH 108th 109th 2003 2007Adam Putnam FL 110th 2007 2009Mike Pence IN 111th 2009 2011Jeb Hensarling TX 112th 2011 2013Cathy McMorris Rodgers WA 113th 115th 2013 2019Liz Cheney WY 116th 117th 2019 2021 a Elise Stefanik NY 117th 118th 2021 present Removal as conference chairVice chairs EditThe 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 Robert Stafford of Vermont 1971 Samuel L Devine of Ohio 1971 1979 Jack Edwards of Alabama 1979 1985 Lynn Morley Martin of Illinois 1985 1989 Bill McCollum of Florida 1989 1995 Susan Molinari of New York 1995 1997 Jennifer Dunn of Washington 1997 1999 Tillie Fowler of Florida 1999 2001 Deborah Pryce of Ohio 2001 2003 Jack Kingston of Georgia 2003 2007 Kay Granger of Texas 2007 2009 Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington 2009 2013 Lynn Jenkins of Kansas 2013 2017 Doug Collins of Georgia 2017 2019 Mark Walker of North Carolina 2019 2021 Mike Johnson of Louisiana 2021 present Secretaries EditList of successive secretaries of the House Republican Conference Congress Name State Term start Term endPosition established90th Dick Poff Virginia January 3 1967 August 29 197291st92ndJack Edwards 5 6 Alabama August 29 1972 January 3 197993rd94th95th96th Clair Burgener California January 3 1979 January 3 198597th98th99th Robert J Lagomarsino January 3 1985 January 3 1989100th101st Vin Weber Minnesota January 3 1989 January 3 1993102nd103rd Tom DeLay Texas January 3 1993 January 3 1995104th Barbara Vucanovich Nevada January 3 1995 January 3 1997105th Jennifer Dunn Washington January 3 1997 July 17 1997Tillie Fowler Florida July 17 1997 January 3 1999106th Deborah Pryce Ohio January 3 1999 January 3 2001107th Barbara Cubin Wyoming January 3 2001 January 3 2003108th John Doolittle California January 3 2003 January 3 2007109th110th John Carter Texas January 3 2007 January 3 2013111th112th113th Virginia Foxx North Carolina January 3 2013 January 3 2017114th115th Jason Smith Missouri January 3 2017 January 3 2021116th117th Richard Hudson North Carolina January 3 2021 PresentSee also EditHouse Democratic CaucusReferences Edit Milman Oliver 2021 05 14 Trump loyalist Elise Stefanik wins Republican vote to replace Liz Cheney The Guardian Republican Conference Chairmen US House of Representatives History Art amp Archives Retrieved 7 January 2019 Republican Conference Chairmen US House of Representatives History Art amp Archives history house gov Retrieved 2021 02 04 House Leadership Structure Overview of Party Organization PDF Archived from the original PDF on November 29 2006 Anniston Star Sep 12 1972 p 10 NewspaperArchive newspaperarchive com 1972 09 12 Retrieved 2021 02 04 https www fordlibrarymuseum gov library document 0054 12130699 pdf bare URL PDF External links EditRepublican Conference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title House Republican Conference amp oldid 1139721383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
