Paul D. Ryan

A Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis. , January 29, 1970. Graduated from Joseph A. Craig High School, Janesville, Wis. , 1988. B. A. , Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1992. Construction business. Staff, United States Senator Robert Walter Kasten, Jr. , of Wisconsin, 1992. Staff assistant, Empower America, 1993-1995. Staff, United States Representative Sam Dale Brownback of Kansas, 1995-1996. Staff, United States Senator Sam Dale Brownback of Kansas, 1996-1997. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2019). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018. Chair, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Twelfth and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses). Chair, Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Fourteenth Congress). Chair, Joint Committee on Taxation (One Hundred Fourteenth Congress). Unsuccessful Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States in 2012. Speaker of the House (One Hundred Fourteenth and One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses).