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Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
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NameJosh Hawley
CaptionOfficial portrait, 2019
StateMissouri
Jr/srUnited States Senator
AlongsideEric Schmitt
Term startJanuary 3, 2019
PredecessorClaire McCaskill
Office142nd Attorney General of Missouri
Governor1Eric Greitens, Mike Parson
Term start1January 9, 2017
Term end1January 3, 2019
Predecessor1Chris Koster
Successor1Eric Schmitt
Birth date31 December 1979
Birth placeSpringdale, Arkansas
PartyRepublican
SpouseErin Morrow Hawley, 2008
EducationStanford University (BA), Yale University (JD)

Josh Hawley is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator from Missouri since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 42nd Attorney General of Missouri from 2017 to 2019. Hawley is a prominent figure in the conservative movement, known for his advocacy of national conservatism and his challenges to established Republican leadership.

Early life and education

He was born in Springdale, Arkansas, and raised in Lexington, Missouri. His father was a banker and his mother a teacher. Hawley attended Stanford University, where he graduated with a degree in history and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He then studied at Yale Law School, earning his Juris Doctor and serving as an editor for the Yale Law Journal. During his time at Yale University, he was a student of noted legal scholars like Robert Bork and Akhil Amar.

Early career and academia

Following law school, Hawley clerked for Judge Michael W. McConnell on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and later for Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court of the United States. He practiced law at the Washington, D.C., firm Hogan Lovells before joining the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Law as an assistant professor. He also served as a visiting professor at St. Mary's University School of Law and was a senior fellow at the Stanford-affiliated Hoover Institution.

U.S. Senate career

Hawley was elected to the United States Senate in the 2018 election, defeating two-term incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill. Upon taking office, he became the youngest member of the United States Senate. He serves on several committees, including the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Armed Services Committee, and the Homeland Security Committee. He gained national attention for his role in the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Hawley was the first senator to announce he would object to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results on January 6, 2021.

Political positions

Hawley is a leading voice for national conservatism and economic nationalism, often breaking with neoconservative and libertarian factions within the Republican Party. He advocates for aggressive antitrust action against major technology companies like Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and has introduced legislation such as the Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act. He is a staunch social conservative, opposing abortion and supporting religious liberty exemptions. On foreign policy, he has advocated for a reduced military presence in Afghanistan and a strategic focus on competition with China.

Electoral history

In the 2016 election, he was elected Attorney General of Missouri, defeating Democrat Teresa Hensley. He won the 2018 U.S. Senate Republican primary against Austin Petersen and others before defeating Senator Claire McCaskill in the general election. Hawley was re-elected in the 2024 election, defeating Democrat Lucas Kunce.

Personal life

He is married to Erin Morrow Hawley, a former clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts and a law professor at the University of Missouri School of Law who is also senior counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom. They have three children and reside in Springfield, Missouri. The family are practicing evangelical Christians, attending an Evangelical Presbyterian congregation. Hawley is the author of the book The Tyranny of Big Tech.

Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:United States senators from Missouri Category:Missouri Republicans Category:Missouri attorneys general Category:Stanford University alumni Category:Yale Law School alumni