OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 29, 1970;
Janesville, Wisconsin
EDUCATION:
Joseph A. Craig High School (Janesville, Wis., 1988)
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (BA, 1992)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1992:
Staff Assistant to Senator Robert Kasten (R-WI)
1993-1995:
Staff Assistant, Empower America
1995-1997:
Legislative Director to Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
1999-2018:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-WI),
Chair of the House Budget Committee (2011-2015),
Chair of the Ways and Means Committee (2015)
2012:
Unsuccessful Republican Candidate for Vice President
2015-2019:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
Biography (Speaker’s Office)
Biography (Congressional Office)
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Congressional Website
Speaker’s Website
Wikipedia
MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Legendary Paul Ryan (New York Magazine, 4/29/2012)
Fussbudget (New Yorker, 8/6/2012)
VP Selection, 8/11/2012 (WP, NYT, WSJ, Politico)
Profile (NYT, 8/13/2012)
Paul Ryan Can’t Lose (NYT Magazine, 10/16/2012)
Profile (NYT, 12/7/2015)
Retirement, 4/11/2018 (NYT, NYT, WP, WP, WSJ, Politico)
Opposition, 5/23/2018 (NYT, WP, Politico)