House Republican Conference

The **House Republican Conference** is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives. It holds meetings, and is the main meeting group for communicating the party's message to members.

When the conference has 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.

## Current leadership

- Mike Johnson (LA) as Speaker of the House (Conference leader)
- Steve Scalise (LA) as House majority leader
- Tom Emmer (MN) as House majority whip
- Lisa McClain (MI) as Chair of the House Republican Conference
- Blake Moore (UT) as Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference
- Erin Houchin (IN) as Secretary of the House Republican Conference
- Kevin Hern (OK) 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 whip

## Leaders of the House Republican Conference

|style="width:5%;"|Congress|colspan="2"|Leader|District|Took office|Left office|colspan="2"|House Speaker||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|36th||**William Pennington**|New Jersey 5|||style="background-color:;"||_Himself_||||||||
|37th||**Galusha A. Grow**|Pennsylvania 14|||style="background-color:;"||_Himself_||||||||
|38th|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Schuyler Colfax**|rowspan="3"|Indiana 9|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3"|_Himself_||
|39th||||||||||||||||
|40th||||||||||||||||
|40th||**Theodore M. Pomeroy**|New York 24|||style="background-color:;"||_Himself_||||||||
|41st|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**James G. Blaine**|rowspan="3"|Maine 3|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3"|_Himself_||
|42nd||||||||||||||||
|43rd||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|44th|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**George W. McCrary**|rowspan="2"|Iowa 1|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"||style="background-color:;"||style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Kerr|
|rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Randall|||||||||||||
|45th||**Eugene Hale**|Maine 5|||||||||||||
|46th||**William P. Frye**|Maine 2|||||||||||||
|47th||**J. Warren Keifer**|Ohio 8|||style="background-color:;"||_Himself_||||||||
|48th|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Joseph Gurney Cannon**|rowspan="3"|Illinois 15|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Carlisle||
|49th||||||||||||||||
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|51st||**Thomas Brackett Reed**|Maine 1|||style="background-color:;"||_Himself_||||||||
|52nd|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Thomas J. Henderson**|rowspan="2"|Illinois 7|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Crisp||
|53rd||||||||||||||||
|54th|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Thomas Brackett Reed**|rowspan="2"|Maine 1|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2"|_Himself_||
|55th||||||||||||||||
|56th|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**David B. Henderson**|rowspan="2"|Iowa 3|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2"|_Himself_||
|57th||||||||||||||||
|58th|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**Joseph Gurney Cannon**|rowspan="4"|Illinois 18|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="4"|_Himself_||
|59th||||||||||||||||
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|62nd|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**James Robert Mann**|rowspan="4"|Illinois 2|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Clark||
|63rd||||||||||||||||
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|66th|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Frederick H. Gillett**|rowspan="3"|Massachusetts 2|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3"|_Himself_||
|67th||||||||||||||||
|68th||||||||||||||||
|69th|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Nicholas Longworth**|rowspan="3"|Ohio 1|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3"|_Himself_||
|70th||||||||||||||||
|71st||||||||||||||||
|72nd|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|**Bertrand Snell**|rowspan="5"|New York 31|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"||style="background-color:;"||style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Garner||
|73rd|style="background-color:;"||style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Rainey||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|74th|style="background-color:;"||style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Byrns|||||||||||
|rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Bankhead|||||||||||||
|75th||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|76th|rowspan="11"||rowspan="11"|**Joseph W. Martin Jr.**|rowspan="11"|Massachusetts 14|rowspan="11"||rowspan="11"||||||
|rowspan="4" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Rayburn|||||||||||||
|77th||||||||||||||||
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|80th|style="background-color:;"||_Himself_|||||||||||||
|81st|rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Rayburn||||||||||||
|82nd||||||||||||||||
|83rd|style="background-color:;"||_Himself_|||||||||||||
|84th|rowspan="4" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Rayburn||||||||||||
|85th||||||||||||||||
|86th|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**Charles A. Halleck**|rowspan="4"|Indiana 2|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|||||||
|rowspan="2"|87th|||||||||||||||
|rowspan="5" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="5" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|McCormack|||||||||||||
|88th||||||||||||||||
|89th|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|**Gerald Ford**|rowspan="5"|Michigan 5|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|||||||
|90th||||||||||||||||
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|92nd|rowspan="4" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Albert||||||||||||
|93rd||||||||||||||||
|93rd|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**John Jacob Rhodes**|rowspan="4"|Arizona 1|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|||||||
|94th||||||||||||||||
|95th|rowspan="5" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="5" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|O'Neill||||||||||||
|96th||||||||||||||||
|97th|rowspan="8"||rowspan="8"|**Robert H. Michel**|rowspan="8"|Illinois 18|rowspan="8"||rowspan="8"|||||||
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|100th|rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Wright||||||||||||
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|101st|rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Foley||||||||||||
|102nd||||||||||||||||
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|104th|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Newt Gingrich**|rowspan="2"|Georgia 6|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2"|_Himself_||
|105th||||||||||||||||
|106th|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**Dennis Hastert**|rowspan="4"|Illinois 14|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"||rowspan="4" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="4"|_Himself_||
|107th||||||||||||||||
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|110th|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"|**John Boehner**|rowspan="5"|Ohio 8|rowspan="5"||rowspan="5"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Pelosi||
|111th||||||||||||||||
|112th|rowspan="3" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="3"|_Himself_||||||||||||
|113th||||||||||||||||
|114th||||||||||||||||
|114th|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Paul Ryan**|rowspan="2"|Wisconsin 1|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2"|_Himself_||
|115th||||||||||||||||
|116th|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|**Kevin McCarthy**|rowspan="2"|California 23|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EAECF0;"|Pelosi||
|117th||||||||||||||||
|118th|California 20|style="background-color:;"||_Himself_||||||||||||
|118th|colspan="3"|_Vacant_|__|__|style="background-color:;"||style="background-color:#E6E6AA;"|McHenry||||||||
|118th|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Mike Johnson**|rowspan="2"|Louisiana 4|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|_Incumbent_|rowspan="2" style="background-color:;"||rowspan="2"|_Himself_||
|119th||||||||||||||||

## Infobox (political party)

- **name**: House Republican Conference
- **logo**: Republican Disc.svg
- **leader1 title**: Part of
- **leader1 name**: United States House of Representatives
- **leader2 title**: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, House Speaker
- **leader2 name**: Mike Johnson (Louisiana, LA)
- **leader3 title**: Floor Leader
- **leader3 name**: Steve Scalise (Louisiana, LA)
- **leader4 title**: Floor Whip
- **leader4 name**: Tom Emmer (Minnesota, MN)
- **leader5 title**: Chairman of the House Republican Conference, Chair
- **leader5 name**: Lisa McClain (Michigan, MI)
- **ideology**: Conservatism in the United States, Conservatism
- **affiliation1 title**: Affiliation
- **affiliation1**: Republican Party (United States), Republican Party
- **seats1 title**: Seats
- **colors**: Red
- **position**: Centre-right politics, Center-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing
- **country**: United States