Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan
Official portrait, 2025
House Minority Leader-designate
Assuming office
January 3, 2027
WhipTom Emmer
SucceedingHakeem Jeffries
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 4th district
Assumed office
January 3, 2007
Preceded byMike Oxley
Chair of the House Judiciary Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byJerry Nadler
House positions
Leader-elect of the House Republican Conference
Assuming office
January 3, 2027
SucceedingMike Johnson
Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee
In office
March 12, 2020 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byDoug Collins
Succeeded byJerry Nadler
Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byElijah Cummings
Succeeded byMark Meadows
Chair of the House Freedom Caucus
Assumed office
October 1, 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMark Meadows
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 12th district
In office
January 3, 2001 – December 31, 2006
Preceded byRobert R. Cupp
Succeeded byKeith Faber
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 85th district
In office
January 3, 1995 – December 31, 2000
Preceded byJim Davis
Succeeded byDerrick Seaver
Personal details
Born
James Daniel Jordan

(1964-02-17) February 17, 1964 (age 62)
Troy, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Polly Jordan
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(m. 1985)​
Children4
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison (BS)
Ohio State University (MA)
Capital University (JD)
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom (2021)
WebsiteHouse website
Campaign website
Jordan's voice
Jordan honors Neil Armstrong on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Recorded July 18, 2019
Jim Jordan
Medal record
Collegiate Wrestling
Representing the Wisconsin Badgers
NCAA Division I Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 Oklahoma City134 lb
Gold medal – first place1986 Iowa City134 lb

James Daniel Jordan (born February 17, 1964) is an American politician. He has been the U.S. representative for Ohio's 4th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is also the House Minority Leader-designate.

Early life

Jordan was born in Troy, Ohio, the son of Shirley and John Jordan, and raised in Champaign County, Ohio.

After high school, Jordan went to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he became a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion. In college, he was a wrestler. Jordan graduated from Wisconsin in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in economics.

Jordan later earned a master's degree in education from Ohio State University and received a Juris Doctor degree from the Capital University Law School in 2001.

Political career

Jordan was the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee from 2019 to 2020. In February 2020, he left that committee to become the ranking member of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.

On January 6–7, 2021, Jordan cast a vote to stop the certification of the Electoral College in at least one state. He was one of the 139 representatives who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Congress on January 7, 2021, the day after the storming of the United States Capitol. At a later virtual committee meeting, Jordan said the storming of the Capitol "was as wrong as wrong can be".

On January 11, 2021, Trump awarded Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a closed-door ceremony.

After the House removed Kevin McCarthy from the speakership on October 3, 2023, Jordan launched a bid for the speakership. His speakership bid has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

On November 4, 2026, after the 2026 midterm elections, House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he would not run for re-election as leader of the House Republican Conference. As a result, Jordan announced his candidacy for minority leader, where he would run against House Majority Leader Steve Scalise. On November 10, Jordan was elected minority leader, beating Scalise in a closed-door vote 106 to 73.

Personal life

Jordan and his wife, Polly, live near Urbana, Ohio, in central Champaign County. Polly and Jordan started dating when he was 13 and she was 14. They have four children and two grandchildren.

References

  1. ↑ Congress, United States (November 14, 2007). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 207. ISBN 9780160886546. Archived from the original on July 9, 2022. Retrieved November 28, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ McGraw, Daniel (2015-12-22). "This Tea Party congressman happens to be one of the best wrestlers ever". SBNation.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-01.
  3. ↑ Jordan, Jim (March 16, 1985). "55th NCAA Wrestling Tournament 1985 - 3/14/1985 to 3/16/1985 at Oklahoma City" (PDF). nwhof.org. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Wrestling Hall of Fame | National Wrestling Hall of Fame". Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Badgers in Congress | Wisconsin Alumni Association". uwalumni.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  6. ↑ "Hon. Jim Jordan". fedsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  7. ↑ "55 Things You Need to Know About Jim Jordan". POLITICO. 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  8. ↑ "Powerful GOP politician accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse at Ohio State". NBC News. 2018-07-03. Retrieved 2023-10-15.
  9. ↑ "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  10. ↑ Knowles, David (January 7, 2021). "Here are the Republicans who voted to contest the Electoral College votes showing Biden beat Trump". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  11. ↑ Yourish, Karen; Buchanan, Larry; Lu, Denise (January 7, 2021). "The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  12. ↑ Wang, Amy B. (January 11, 2021). "Republicans call for unity but won't acknowledge Biden won fairly". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  13. ↑ Samuels, Brett (2021-01-11). "Trump gives Medal of Freedom to House ally Jim Jordan". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  14. ↑ Schnell, Mychael; Brooks, Emily (October 4, 2023). "Jim Jordan announces run for Speaker". The Hill. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  15. ↑ Quinn, Melissa (October 4, 2023). "Scalise and Jordan announce bids for House speaker, kicking off GOP race". CBS News. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  16. ↑ Broadwater, Luke (2023-10-05). "Trump Endorses Jim Jordan in Race for House Speaker". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  17. ↑ Elkind, Elizabeth (November 10, 2026). "Jim Jordan becomes new House GOP leader after closed-door vote, defeating Steve Scalise". Fox News. Retrieved November 10, 2026.
  18. ↑ Billups, Andrea (2014-06-05). "Ohio's Jim Jordan has become key oversight figure in exposing Washington's worst messes". The Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-29. Ohio is also where he met his wife, Polly. Actually, it was her brothers that he met first, in sports. Polly's charms won out. "I decided it would be a lot more fun wrestling with Polly than her brothers," he says of their courtship.
  19. ↑ Eaton, Sabrina (June 5, 2011). "U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio gains power among House conservatives". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.

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