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Kevin McCarthy
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Person

Kevin McCarthy

b. 1965

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023

Born
26 Jan 1965 · Bakersfield

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 70 years
  1. 26 Jan 1965BornBorn in Bakersfield
  2. 1987 – 2002RoleCongressional staff
  3. 2002 – 2006RoleMember of the California State Assembly
  4. 2004 – 2006RoleMinority leader
  5. 2007 – 2009RoleUnited States representative
  6. 2009 – 2011RoleUnited States representative
  7. 2011 – 2013RoleUnited States representative
  8. 2013 – 2015RoleUnited States representative
  9. 2014 – 2019RoleMajority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
  10. 2015 – 2017RoleUnited States representative
  11. 2017 – 2019RoleUnited States representative
  12. 2019 – 2023RoleMinority leader
  13. 2019 – 2021RoleUnited States representative
  14. 2021 – 2023RoleUnited States representative
  15. 2022AwardTime 100
  16. 2023RoleUnited States representative
  17. 2023RoleSpeaker of the United States House of Representatives

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1965 – today).

  1. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  3. 1968Prague Spring
  4. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  5. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  6. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  7. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  9. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  10. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  11. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  12. 1985Schengen Agreement
  13. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  14. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  15. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  17. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  19. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  20. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  21. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  22. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  23. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  24. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  25. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  26. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  27. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  28. 20112011 Norway attacks
  29. 2011Libyan civil war
  30. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  31. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  32. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  34. 2015Paris Agreement
  35. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  36. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  37. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  38. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  39. 2023Gaza war
  40. 20242024 Summer Olympics

Biography

Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California's 22nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013, followed by California's 23rd congressional district from 2013 to 2023, and finally California's 20th congressional district in 2023 before resigning from the House of Representatives the same year.

Born and raised in Bakersfield, California, McCarthy graduated from the Bakersfield campus of California State University. He served two terms as a member of the California State Assembly before being elected to the U.S. House in 2006. McCarthy served as the House Republican chief deputy whip from 2009 to 2011 and as House majority whip from 2011 to 2014. After House majority leader Eric Cantor's reelection loss in the 2014 Republican primary, McCarthy was elected majority leader under Speaker John Boehner, a position he retained during Paul Ryan's speakership. In 2019, after Ryan retired, McCarthy was elected House Minority Leader.

As Minority Leader, McCarthy supported Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud after Joe Biden won the 2020 U.S. presidential election and initially participated in efforts to overturn the results. After the U.S. Capitol was stormed during the 2021 electoral vote count, McCarthy reversed his previous comments on voter fraud in the election and blamed Trump for the riot. By 2022, he had publicly reconciled with Trump. McCarthy led the House Republicans through the 2022 elections, in which they gained a slimmer-than-expected majority.

McCarthy was the Republican nominee for speaker in January 2023 but did not win the speakership on the first attempt, securing the office only after days of successive votes on a historic 15 different ballots as well as negotiations within his own party. During his tenure as speaker, very few bills were passed into law compared to preceding modern congresses.

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